CVE-2015-2778

Published: Apr 10, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Quassel Irc: Quassel

Quassel Irc

1 product

Quassel

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Quassel Irc Quassel	Up to 0.11.0

Related CWEs

CWE-399

References (12)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00018.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/12

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/11

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/28/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73305

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b5e38970ffd55e2dd9f706ce75af9a8d7730b1b8

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00018.html