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 URL field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 5000 characters into the 'From URL' field during torrent addition to trigger an application crash.
Problem types
Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range
Product status
Credits
Victor Mondragón
References
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46883 (ExploitDB-46883)
dev.deluge-torrent.org/ (Official Product Homepage)
download.deluge-torrent.org/...deluge-1.3.15-win32-py2.7.exe (Product Reference)
www.vulncheck.com/.../deluge-denial-of-service-via-url-field (VulnCheck Advisory: Deluge 1.3.15 Denial of Service via URL Field)