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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-7191

The netjoin processing in Irssi 1.x before 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

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CVE-2017-7191
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31 Oct 2026, 10:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-7191

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Mar 2017, 17:59 UTC

The netjoin processing in Irssi 1.x before 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

osv:CVE-2017-7191
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7191",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-7191",
    "summary": "The netjoin processing in Irssi 1.x before 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-7191",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/irssi/irssi",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "5f6c38c329f3d9574db863d330df876a456c5940"
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                {
                  "fixed": "77b2631c78461965bc9a7414aae206b5c514e1b3"
                }
              ],
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                        "last_affected": "1.0.1"
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          "versions": [
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            "0.7.98.3",
            "0.7.98.2",
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            "0.7.96",
            "0.7.95",
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            "0.7.93",
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          ],
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            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7191.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:08.573153241Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/77b2631c78461965bc9a7414aae206b5c514e1b3",
        "https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_03.txt"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381337,
  "published_at": "2017-03-27T17:59:00.913+00:00"
}