CVE-2018-1000179 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Quassel

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Quassel-irc QuasselDebian QuasselDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMay 8
Latest updateMay 13

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 vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/quassel< quassel 1:0.12.5-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianquassel-irc/quassel< 1:0.12.5-1+3
▶Ubuntuquassel-irc/quassel< 1:0.12.4-3ubuntu1.18.04.3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-6mrg-x4pw-vhr6: A NULL Pointer Dereference of CWE-476 exists in quassel version 0↗2022-05-13
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OSV
quassel vulnerabilities↗2020-10-20
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OSV
CVE-2018-1000179: A NULL Pointer Dereference of CWE-476 exists in quassel version 0↗2018-05-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Quassel vulnerabilities↗2020-10-20
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Debian
CVE-2018-1000179: quassel - A NULL Pointer Dereference of CWE-476 exists in quassel version 0.12.4 in the qu...↗2018
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
quassel: multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 0.12.5↗2018-04-30
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