# 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.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-10-22 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txt
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/22/4

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