Vulnerability CVE-2018-5205
Published: 2018-01-06   Modified: 2018-01-08

Description:
When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.

Type:

CWE-134

 (Uncontrolled Format String)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Irssi -> Irssi 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3527-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162
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