NULL Pointer Dereference
CVE-2018-5206
Summary
When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 may dereference a NULL pointer.
- LOW
- NETWORK
- HIGH
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- NONE
- HIGH
- HIGH
CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published