CVE-2015-8547
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
The CoreUserInputHandler::doMode function in core/coreuserinputhandler.cpp in Quassel 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the "/op *" command in a query.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:0.12.2-3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:0.12.2-3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:0.12.2-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:0.12.2-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:0.12.2-3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| quassel-irc | quassel | {"endIncluding":"0.10.0"} | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174938.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174976.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00099.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/12/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/13/1
- https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b8edbda019eeb99da8663193e224efc9d1265dc7
- https://github.com/quassel/quassel/pull/153
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8547
CWEs
CWE-17
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.