CVE-2017-10965

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-17. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 3%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. When receiving messages with invalid time stamps, Irssi would try to dereference a NULL pointer.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EPSS
87.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 7, 2017

Last Modified

May 13, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated May 16, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

[SECURITY] [DSA 4016-1] irssi security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016
generic
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txt
generic

Merge branch 'security' into 'master' · irssi/irssi@5e26325 · GitHub

https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5e26325317c72a04c1610ad952974e206384d291

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuirssi (0.8.20-2ubuntu2.2) @ zesty2026-05-20ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 37× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-07 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-06-19 20:52 UTCOSV refresh
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  1. 2026-06-19 19:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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  26. 2026-05-31 22:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-05-31 00:50 UTCOSV refresh
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  45. 2026-05-20 09:52 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-05-20 09:52 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-05-20 09:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-05-20 06:06 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-05-20 06:06 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-05-20 06:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-05-20 02:20 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-05-20 02:20 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-05-20 02:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-05-19 22:34 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-05-19 22:34 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-05-19 22:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-05-19 18:48 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-05-19 18:48 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-05-19 18:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-05-19 15:02 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-05-19 15:02 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-05-19 15:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-05-19 11:16 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-05-19 11:16 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-05-19 11:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-05-19 07:28 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-05-19 07:28 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-05-19 07:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-05-19 03:41 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-05-19 03:41 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-05-19 03:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-05-18 23:55 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-05-18 23:55 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-05-18 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2017-10965?
CVE-2017-10965 is a critical vulnerability published on July 7, 2017. An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. When receiving messages with invalid time stamps, Irssi would try to dereference a NULL pointer.
When was CVE-2017-10965 disclosed?
CVE-2017-10965 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 7, 2017, with the most recent update on May 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2017-10965 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-10965 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 87.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-10965?
CVE-2017-10965 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2017-10965?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2017-10965, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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