CVE-2017-15923: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Konversation Konversation: from 1.4, before 1.7.3 (fixed in 1.7.3)

Published 2017-11-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.