CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-1000179

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: May 08, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

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.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Quassel Quassel-irc 0.12.4 (including) 0.12.4 (including)
Quassel Ubuntu artful *
Quassel Ubuntu bionic *
Quassel Ubuntu cosmic *
Quassel Ubuntu disco *
Quassel Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Quassel Ubuntu trusty *
Quassel Ubuntu upstream *
Quassel Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References