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CVE-2017-10966

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1980%

EPSS Percentile41.45th

PublishedJul 7, 2017

Last ModifiedMay 13, 2026

Vulnerability Description

An 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Irssi

Irssi

<= 1.0.3

References & Advisories

🔗 https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5e26325317c72a04c1610ad952974e206384d291

🔗 https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txt

🔗 https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016

🔗 https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5e26325317c72a04c1610ad952974e206384d291

🔗 https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txt

🔗 https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016

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