CVE-2017-10966
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.48%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-10966
To remediate CVE-2017-10966, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/irssi—upgrade to 1.0.4-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.4-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-10966 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.0.4-r0
- from 0, < 1.0.4-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |