CVE-2018-7050

Publication date 15 February 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. A NULL pointer dereference occurs for an "empty" nick.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
irssi 17.10 artful
Fixed 1.0.4-1ubuntu2.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.7
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.5

Patch details

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Package Patch details
irssi

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 None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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