CVE-2018-5205

Publication date 6 January 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

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

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
irssi	17.10 artful	Fixed 1.0.4-1ubuntu2.2
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 0.8.20-2ubuntu2.3
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.6
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.4

Notes

ratliff

GL#21, GL!26

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
irssi	Upstream: f5c3995

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3527-1
Irssi vulnerabilities
10 January 2018

Other references