vendor:
Telegram Desktop
by:
Aryan Chehreghani
7,5
CVSS
HIGH
Denial of Service
400
CWE
Product Name: Telegram Desktop
Affected Version From: 2.9.2
Affected Version To: 2.9.2
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References:
N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Windows 10 Enterprise
2021
Telegram Desktop 2.9.2 – Denial of Service (PoC)
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Telegram Desktop 2.9.2, which allows an attacker to crash the application by creating a file with 9000000 bytes of data and pasting it into the “Write a message…” field. The file is created by running the python script which creates a file named “output.txt”.
Mitigation:
Upgrade to the latest version of Telegram Desktop.