Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
CVE-2021-45848
Summary
Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Nicotine+ through 3.2.0 allows a user with a modified Soulseek client to crash Nicotine+ by sending a file download request with a file path containing a null character.
- LOW
- NETWORK
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- NONE
- NONE
- HIGH
CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
The software prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published