9.8

CVE-2017-10965: irssi NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-10965UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10965DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10965
Published 07-07-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-10965 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in irssi. EPSS estimates a 3.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.44%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 4
DLA-1089-1MGASA-2017-0216OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1823-1OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1824-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10865-1USN-3465-1

Timeline

  1. 07-07-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. When receiving messages with invalid time stamps, Irssi would try to dereference a NULL pointer.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.44% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • irssi< 1.0.4-r0 | < 0.8.21.r2
Debian1 product
  • irssi< 1.0.4-1
Irssi1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • irssi< 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.3 | < 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.5

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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