CVE-2017-7191
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.4% (pctl 88)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The netjoin processing in Irssi 1.x before 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
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 | 3.36% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-03-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| irssi | irssi |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97185
- https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/77b2631c78461965bc9a7414aae206b5c514e1b3
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_03.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97185
- https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/77b2631c78461965bc9a7414aae206b5c514e1b3
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_03.txt
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