CVE-2017-15923

high

Published 2017-11-15 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Konversation 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to parsing of IRC color formatting codes.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 8 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.7.3-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.7.3-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.7.3-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.7.3-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.7.3-1`
9.0	Affected	—
8.0	Affected	—
7.0	Affected	—

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`1.7.3-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
konversation	konversation	`{"startIncluding":"1.4","endExcluding":"1.7.3"}`	`1.7.3`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.