CVE-2017-9468

NameCVE-2017-9468
DescriptionIn Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving a DCC message without source nick/host, it attempts to dereference a NULL pointer. Thus, remote IRC servers can cause a crash.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1088-1, DSA-3885-1
Debian Bugs864400

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+deb7u2DLA-1088-1
irssisourcejessie0.8.17-1+deb8u4DSA-3885-1
irssisourcestretch1.0.2-1+deb9u1DSA-3885-1
irssisource(unstable)1.0.3-1864400

Notes

https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/528f51bfbe5c65c5b24546faa244009dd5b3c586
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt

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