HIGH
irssi: out-of-bounds access when printing theme strings with certain nick names
Published Feb 15, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.45%
Description
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. Certain nick names could result in out-of-bounds access when printing theme strings.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
OR
- 7.0
- 9.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 17.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
irssi
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
irssi
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
irssi
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | irssi | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | irssi | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | irssi | Not affected | n/a |
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
3.7 LOW Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.45% 0.02447
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02447
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.45% (0.02447) | 83.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.53% (0.02533) | 82.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.67% (0.00668) | 68.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.94% (0.01937) | 72.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.67% (0.00668) | 69.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00182) | 56.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 21, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00182) | 55.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 14, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00258) | 64.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 11, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00258) | 62.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00287) | 63.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 30.57th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 29.93th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 68.62th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/15/1 x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7051 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1546275 Issue Tracking
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00021.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7051
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3590-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7051
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/02/15/1 | x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7051 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1546275 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00021.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7051 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3590-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7051 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4162 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 15, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Feb 15, 2018
Link CVE-2018-7051
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a