CVE-2017-5356

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

5%p91

Published

Mar 3, 2017 (Mar 3, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).

Vendors: irssi debian
Products: irssi, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-125
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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