CVE-2018-5208 In Irssi before 1.0.6, a calculation error in the completion code could cause a heap buffer overflow when completing certain strings.
CriticalCVSS 9.8
EPSS 2.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
In Irssi before 1.0.6, a calculation error in the completion code could cause a heap buffer overflow when completing certain strings.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/irssi(Debian:12) | < 1.0.7-1 | 1.0.7-1 |
| debian/irssi(Debian:13) | < 1.0.7-1 | 1.0.7-1 |
| debian/irssi(Debian:14) | < 1.0.7-1 | 1.0.7-1 |
| irssi | < 1.0.6 | 1.0.6 |
| debian linux | = 9.0 | No fix listed |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.10) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.11) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.12) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.13) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.14) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.15) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.16) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.17) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.18) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.19) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.20) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.21) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.22) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.23) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.24) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.6) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.7) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.8) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
| alpine/irssi(Alpine:v3.9) | < 1.0.6-r0 | 1.0.6-r0 |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2018-5208 vendor-advisory
- irssi.org patch vendor-advisory
- DSA-4162 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- security.alpinelinux.org vendor-advisory
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking