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CVE-2017-9469

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.1% 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-119

Description

In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory. Thus, remote attackers might be able to 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/99043
• 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/99043
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621
• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt

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