Description
Deluge 1.3.15 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Webseeds field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 5000 bytes into the Webseeds field during torrent creation to trigger an application crash.
Problem types
Improper Handling of Overlap Between Protected Memory Ranges
Product status
Credits
Victor Mondragón
References
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46884 (ExploitDB-46884)
dev.deluge-torrent.org/ (Official Product Homepage)
download.deluge-torrent.org/...deluge-1.3.15-win32-py2.7.exe (Product Reference)
www.vulncheck.com/...ge-denial-of-service-via-webseeds-field (VulnCheck Advisory: Deluge 1.3.15 Denial of Service via Webseeds Field)