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CVE-2016-4414
The onReadyRead function in core/coreauthhandler.cpp in Quassel before 0.12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 44 days later
· 44 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- [oss-security] 20160430 Re: CVE request - Quassel IRC denial of service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/e678873 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1314 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://quassel-irc.org/node/129 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-bf916bcc04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160430 CVE request - Quassel IRC denial of service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-42f30d76a0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-0431acaa78 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-5414 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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