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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b5e38970ffd55e2dd9f706ce75af9a8d7730b1b8
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/12
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00018.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/11
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/28/3
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73305
Scores
EPSS
0.0161
EPSS Percentile
81.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (1)
quassel-irc/quassel
< 0.11.0
Published
Apr 10, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026