MEDIUM
core/nicklist.c in Irssi before 0.8.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to an attempted fuzzy nick match at the instant that a victim leaves a channel
Published Apr 16, 2010
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.88%
Description
core/nicklist.c in Irssi before 0.8.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to an attempted fuzzy nick match at the instant that a victim leaves a channel.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 0.8.15
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.8.3
- 0.8.4
- 0.8.5
- 0.8.6
- 0.8.7
- 0.8.8
- 0.8.9
- 0.8.10
- 0.8.10
- 0.8.10
- 0.8.10
- 0.8.10
- 0.8.11
- 0.8.11
- 0.8.11
- 0.8.12
- 0.8.12
- 0.8.13
- 0.8.13
- 0.8.14
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.88% 0.02876
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02876
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.88% (0.02876) | 86.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.88% (0.02876) | 84.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.32% (0.03316) | 86.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.95% (0.04946) | 82.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.32% (0.03316) | 86.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 23.18% (0.23177) | 96.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 25.36% (0.25364) | 95.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (21)
- http://irssi.org/news x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://irssi.org/news/ChangeLog x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041054.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127098845125270&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127110132019166&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127111071631857&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127115784314970&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127119240204394&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39365 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39620 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39797 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023845 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.497301 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://svn.irssi.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/irssi/trunk/src/core/nicklist.c?root=irssi&r1=4922&r2=5126 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-929-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0856 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0987 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1110 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57791 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Apr 16, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 29, 2010
Link CVE-2010-1156
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a