Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability in Irssi

CVE-2017-9468 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving a DCC message without source nick/host, it attempts to dereference a NULL pointer. Thus, remote IRC servers can cause a crash.

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