CVE-2019-15502 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote servers can crash the TeamSpeak client by sending specific Unicode byte sequences, requiring users to upgrade to a patched version.

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-2019-15502?

CVE-2019-15502 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Aug 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The TeamSpeak client before 3.3.2 allows remote servers to trigger a crash via the 0xe2 0x81 0xa8 0xe2 0x81 0xa7 byte sequence, aka Unicode characters U+2068 (FIRST STRONG ISOLATE) and U+2067 (RIGHT-TO-LEFT ISOLATE).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15502?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Teamspeak Teamspeak.

How do I fix CVE-2019-15502?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15502 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-2019-15502 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15502 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7hh5-c328-f5rx.

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