Vulnerability Details : CVE-2015-2779
Stack consumption vulnerability in the message splitting functionality in Quassel before 0.12-rc1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncontrolled recursion) via a crafted massage.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2779
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 4.21%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 91 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2015-2779
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2015-2779
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2015-2779
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74048
Quassel CVE-2015-2779 Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/28/3
oss-security - Re: CVE request: denial of service in Quassel
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https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b5e38970ffd55e2dd9f706ce75af9a8d7730b1b8
Improve the message-splitting algorithm for PRIVMSG and CTCP · quassel/quassel@b5e3897 · GitHub
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00018.html
openSUSE-SU-2015:0687-1: moderate: Security update for quassel
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/12
oss-security - CVE request: denial of service in Quassel
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/11
oss-security - Re: CVE request: denial of service in Quassel
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158666.html
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: quassel-0.11.0-2.fc22
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163054.html
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: quassel-0.11.0-2.fc21
Products affected by CVE-2015-2779
- cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*