VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-0983

CVSS score5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability1.96%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2002-09-24

Last modified2026-06-16

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.