CVE-2017-10966
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 2.9% (pctl 87)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. While updating the internal nick list, Irssi could incorrectly use the GHashTable interface and free the nick while updating it. This would then result in use-after-free conditions on each access of the hash table.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.94% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-07-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| irssi | irssi |
References
- https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5e26325317c72a04c1610ad952974e206384d291
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txt
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016
- https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5e26325317c72a04c1610ad952974e206384d291
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txt
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016
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