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CVE-2016-4414

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Description

The onReadyRead function in core/coreauthhandler.cpp in Quassel before 0.12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via invalid handshake data.

References

https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/e678873

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/2

http://quassel-irc.org/node/129

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00063.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183746.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183585.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183571.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-06-13

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02898

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