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Medium
CVE-2015-2778
Quassel before 0.12-rc1 uses an incorrect data-type size when splitting...
Vulnerability Description
Quassel before 0.12-rc1 uses an incorrect data-type size when splitting a message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long CTCP query containing only multibyte characters.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b5e38970ffd55e2dd9f706ce75af9a8d7730b1b8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/12
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00018.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/28/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73305
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 10th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.