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CVE-2017-5193
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-03T15:59:00.680 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:20:08.007

Summary

The nickcmp function in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a message without a nick.

Affected products

irssi — irssi

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References

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