Bug 1473232 (CVE-2017-10965) - CVE-2017-10965 irssi: NULL pointer dereference when receiving messages with invalid time stamps
Summary: CVE-2017-10965 irssi: NULL pointer dereference when receiving messages with i...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-10965
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: Embargoed1473235
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Reported: 2017-07-20 09:33 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-02-17 01:52 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: irssi 1.0.4
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Last Closed: 2017-07-24 07:39:17 UTC

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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-07-20 09:33:55 UTC 
An issue was discovered in Irssi. When receiving messages with invalid time stamps, Irssi would try to dereference a NULL pointer.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5e26325317c72a04c1610ad952974e206384d291

External References:

https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txt
Comment 1 Cedric Buissart 2017-07-24 07:38:19 UTC 
Lowering severity based on the fact that the specially crafted message has to be sent by the IRC server.
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