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CVE-2023-29132

irssi: a use after free possible under special circumstances

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 30, 2023

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in the Irssi package. When Irssi prints a message while another message is being printed, the list that keeps track of Irssi variables for use in statusbar/message patterns is incorrectly cleaned up, leading to a use-after-free condition.

Statement

The versions of Irssi as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8, and 9 are not affected by this vulnerability. Only Irssi versions 1.3.0 and higher are vulnerable.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-416 · Use After Free