CVE-2017-15923
konversation - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.79%
Description
Konversation 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to parsing of IRC color formatting codes.
How to fix CVE-2017-15923
To remediate CVE-2017-15923, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/konversation—upgrade to 1.7.3-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.4-1+deb7u2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.5-2+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-15923 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.7.3-1
- from 0, < 1.4-1+deb7u2
- from 0, < 1.5-2+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |