Bug 1532622 – CVE-2018-5208 irssi: heap buffer overflow due to calculation error in the completion code

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Bug 1532622 - (CVE-2018-5208) CVE-2018-5208 irssi: heap buffer overflow due to calculation error in the completion code

Summary:	CVE-2018-5208 irssi: heap buffer overflow due to calculation error in the com...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2018-5208

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1532629 1532625
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Reported:	2018-01-09 08:13 EST by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2018-05-31 17:52 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	irssi 1.0.6
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Description Adam Mariš 2018-01-09 08:13:46 EST

A calculation error in the completion code could cause a heap buffer overflow when completing certain strings.

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2018-01-09 08:14:33 EST

External References:

https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt

Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2018-01-09 08:17:41 EST

Created irssi tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1532625]

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