CVE-2016-4414

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-4414
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-13 19:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Quassel-irc Quassel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE request - Quassel IRC denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: quassel-0.12.4-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request - Quassel IRC denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: quassel-0.12.4-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Handle invalid handshake data properly in the core · quassel/quassel@e678873 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:1314-1: moderate: Security update for quassel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: quassel-0.12.4-1.fc24 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Fixing Bugs - Quassel 0.12.4 | Quassel IRC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 quassel-irc.org
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