CVE-2017-9982 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the TeamSpeak Client by sending specific Unicode 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-9982?
CVE-2017-9982 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
TeamSpeak Client 3.0.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the ᗪ Unicode character followed by the ༿ Unicode character.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9982?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Teamspeak Teamspeak Client.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9982?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-9982 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2017-9982 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9982 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x8qx-3cgr-j7g8.