Denial of Service Vulnerability in Quassel's CtcpParser::packedReply Method

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Quassel's CtcpParser::packedReply Method

CVE-2011-3354 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The CtcpParser::packedReply method in core/ctcpparser.cpp in Quassel before 0.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Client-To-Client Protocol (CTCP) request, as demonstrated in the wild in September 2011.

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