cve/2017/CVE-2017-5193.md

### [CVE-2017-5193](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5193)
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### Description

The nickcmp function in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a message without a nick.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/mrash/afl-cve