Vulnerability in Quassel-Irc Quassel
CVE-2016-4414
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Quassel-Irc Quassel
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 22, 23, 24
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
- openSUSE — versions 13.2
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/4 (mailing-list)
- github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/e678873 (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00063.html (vendor-advisory)
- quassel-irc.org/node/129
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183746.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/2 (mailing-list)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183571.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183585.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-4414?
- CVE-2016-4414 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quassel-Irc Quassel. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-06-13.
- How severe is CVE-2016-4414?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.