CVE-2002-0983

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

IRC client irssi in irssi-text before 0.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IRC channel that has a long topic followed by a certain string, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 24, 2002
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2002-0983: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix