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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9468

In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving a DCC message without source nick/host, it attempts to dereference a NULL pointer. Thus, remote IRC servers can...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving a DCC message without source nick/host, it attempts to dereference a NULL pointer. Thus, remote IRC servers can cause a crash.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 irssi

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.3-1"}]}]

Debian:13 irssi

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.3-1"}]}]

Debian:14 irssi

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.3-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org