CVE-2018-5205
irssi - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.59%
Description
When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.
How to fix CVE-2018-5205
To remediate CVE-2018-5205, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/irssi—upgrade to 1.0.6-r0 or later
- Debian/irssi—upgrade to 1.0.7-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.7-1~deb9u1 or later
Is CVE-2018-5205 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.0.6-r0
- from 0, < 1.0.7-1
- from 0, < 1.0.7-1~deb9u1
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:H/I:N/A:N |