CVE-2018-5205

irssi: Out-of-bounds read when using incomplete escape codes

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 6, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read