CVE-2015-2778 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Quassel IRC client by sending a long CTCP query with multibyte characters, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-2778?
CVE-2015-2778 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Apr 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2778?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Quassel-Irc Quassel.
How do I fix CVE-2015-2778?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-2778 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2778 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2778, GHSA-p62x-mmj3-75q4, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2778.