CVE-2017-15722 In certain cases, Irssi before 1.0.5 may fail to verify that a Safe channel ID is long enough, causing reads beyond the end of the string.
Medium 5.9
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-15722 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2017-15722 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 22 Oct 2017.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15722 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15722/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15722/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-15722?
CVE-2017-15722 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 22 Oct 2017.
Official description
In certain cases, Irssi before 1.0.5 may fail to verify that a Safe channel ID is long enough, causing reads beyond the end of the string.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15722?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Irssi Irssi.
How do I fix CVE-2017-15722?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2017-15722 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15722 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-15722, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15722, GHSA-63fm-gg2w-fv97, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15722.