CVE-2017-5193

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

6%p92

Published

Mar 3, 2017 (Mar 3, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The nickcmp function in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a message without a nick.

Vendors: irssi debian
Products: irssi, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-476
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (5.6%)

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