CVE-2015-2778 | Vulnerability Database | Aqua Security

Quassel before 0.12-rc1 uses an incorrect data-type size when splitting a message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long CTCP query containing only multibyte characters.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Quassel	Quassel-irc	*	0.11.0 (including)
Quassel	Ubuntu	devel	*
Quassel	Ubuntu	esm-apps/xenial	*
Quassel	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Quassel	Ubuntu	precise	*
Quassel	Ubuntu	trusty	*
Quassel	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Quassel	Ubuntu	utopic	*
Quassel	Ubuntu	vivid	*
Quassel	Ubuntu	wily	*
Quassel	Ubuntu	xenial	*
Quassel	Ubuntu	yakkety	*
Quassel	Ubuntu	zesty	*

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00018.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/28/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73305
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b5e38970ffd55e2dd9f706ce75af9a8d7730b1b8
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00018.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/28/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73305
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b5e38970ffd55e2dd9f706ce75af9a8d7730b1b8

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2778
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html