CVE-2016-4414 (GCVE-0-2016-4414)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-06-13 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:25
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-04-24 00:00
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