| Name | CVE-2018-7052 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. When the number of windows exceeds the available space, a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference would occur. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1289-1, DSA-4162-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 890676 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| irssi (PTS) | jessie (security), jessie | 0.8.17-1+deb8u5 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch | 1.0.7-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 1.2.0-2 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 1.2.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| irssi | source | (unstable) | 1.0.7-1 | medium | 890676 | |
| irssi | source | stretch | 1.0.7-1~deb9u1 | medium | DSA-4162-1 | |
| irssi | source | wheezy | 0.8.15-5+deb7u5 | medium | DLA-1289-1 |
[jessie] - irssi <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txt
Fixed by: https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5b5bfef03596d95079c728f65f523570dd7b03aa