CVE-2015-2778

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    CVE-2015-2778

    Published: 10 Apr 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b5e38970ffd55e2dd9f706ce75af9a8d7730b1b8, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00018.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/12, 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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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