Explain CVE-2010-1156
core/nicklist.c in Irssi before 0.8.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to an attempted fuzzy nick match at the instant that a victim leaves a channel.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '[oss-security] 20100412 Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127110132019166&w=2'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-0856', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0856'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-1110', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1110'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-1107', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-0987', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0987'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20100412 Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127111071631857&w=2'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2010:011', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20100413 Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127119240204394&w=2'}, {'name': 'irssi-unspecified-dos(57791)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57791'}, {'name': '39620', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/39620'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://svn.irssi.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/irssi/trunk/src/core/nicklist.c?root=irssi&r1=4922&r2=5126'}, {'name': '39365', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/39365'}, {'name': 'USN-929-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-929-1'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://irssi.org/news'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20100411 CVE request: irssi 0.8.15', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127098845125270&w=2'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20100413 Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127115784314970&w=2'}, {'name': '1023845', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://securitytracker.com/id?1023845'}, {'name': 'SSA:2010-116-01', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SLACKWARE'], 'url': 'http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.497301'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2010-6629', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041054.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://irssi.org/news/ChangeLog'}, {'name': '39797', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/39797'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED