VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-1000178
A heap corruption of type CWE-120 exists in quassel version 0.12.4 in quasselcore in void DataStreamPeer::processMessage(const QByteArray &msg) datastreampeer.cpp line 62 that allows an attacker to execute code remotely.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.98%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A heap corruption of type CWE-120 exists in quassel version 0.12.4 in quasselcore in void DataStreamPeer::processMessage(const QByteArray &msg) datastreampeer.cpp line 62 that allows an attacker to execute code remotely.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.98% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- quassel-irc/quassel · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/master/src/common/protocols/datastream/datastreampeer.cpp#L62Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://i.imgur.com/JJ4QcNq.pngExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4594-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/master/src/common/protocols/datastream/datastreampeer.cpp#L62Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://i.imgur.com/JJ4QcNq.pngExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4594-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.