VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-1000179
A NULL Pointer Dereference of CWE-476 exists in quassel version 0.12.4 in the quasselcore void CoreAuthHandler::handle(const Login &msg) coreauthhandler.cpp line 235 that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.36%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A NULL Pointer Dereference of CWE-476 exists in quassel version 0.12.4 in the quasselcore void CoreAuthHandler::handle(const Login &msg) coreauthhandler.cpp line 235 that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.36% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- quassel-irc/quassel · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/master/src/core/coreauthhandler.cpp#L236Exploit, 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/core/coreauthhandler.cpp#L236Exploit, 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.