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CVE-2017-9468

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving a DCC message without source nick/host, it attempts to dereference a NULL pointer. Thus, remote IRC servers can cause a crash.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• Irssi: through 1.0.2

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99015
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621
• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99015
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621
• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt

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