CVE-2017-10966

NameCVE-2017-10966
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. While updating the internal nick list, Irssi could incorrectly use the GHashTable interface and free the nick while updating it. This would then result in use-after-free conditions on each access of the hash table.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1089-1
Debian Bugs867598

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
irssi (PTS)bullseye1.2.3-1fixed
bookworm1.4.3-2fixed
sid, trixie1.4.5-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
irssisourcewheezy0.8.15-5+deb7u3DLA-1089-1
irssisourcejessie0.8.17-1+deb8u5
irssisourcestretch1.0.2-1+deb9u2
irssisource(unstable)1.0.4-1low867598

Notes

https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txt
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5e26325317c72a04c1610ad952974e206384d291

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