CVE-2018-9240
published 2018-04-03CVE-2018-9240: ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses the chat screen and another client sends a long chat message, a crash and denial…
PriorityP433high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.88%
77.4th percentile
ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses the chat screen and another client sends a long chat message, a crash and denial of service could occur.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | ncmpc | < ncmpc 0.33-1 (bookworm) | ncmpc 0.33-1 (bookworm) |
| ncmpc_project | ncmpc | <= 0.29 | — |
| ncmpc_project | ncmpc | >= 0 < 0.33-1 | 0.33-1 |
| ncmpc_project | ncmpc | >= 0 < 0.33-1 | 0.33-1 |
| ncmpc_project | ncmpc | >= 0 < 0.33-1 | 0.33-1 |
| ncmpc_project | ncmpc | >= 0 < 0.33-1 | 0.33-1 |
| ncmpc_project | ncmpc | >= 0 < 0.24-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 | 0.24-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5LOW
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-p6r9-xv65-25jq: ncmpc through 0
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-9240 [HIGH] CWE-476 GHSA-p6r9-xv65-25jq: ncmpc through 0
ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses the chat screen and another client sends a long chat message, a crash and denial of service could occur.
OSV
ncmpc vulnerability
osv·2020-09-16·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9240 [HIGH] ncmpc vulnerability
ncmpc vulnerability
It was discovered that ncmpc incorrectly handled long chat messages. A remote
attacker could possibly exploit this with a crafted chat message, causing ncmpc
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-9240)
OSV
CVE-2018-9240: ncmpc through 0
osv·2018-04-03·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9240 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9240: ncmpc through 0
ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses the chat screen and another client sends a long chat message, a crash and denial of service could occur.
Ubuntu
ncmpc vulnerability
vendor_ubuntu·2020-09-16·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9240 [HIGH] ncmpc vulnerability
Title: ncmpc vulnerability
Summary: ncmpc could be made to crash if it received a long chat message.
It was discovered that ncmpc incorrectly handled long chat messages. A remote
attacker could possibly exploit this with a crafted chat message, causing ncmpc
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-9240)
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart ncmpc to make all the
necessary changes.
Debian
CVE-2018-9240: ncmpc - ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses t...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9240 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9240: ncmpc - ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses t...
ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses the chat screen and another client sends a long chat message, a crash and denial of service could occur.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.33-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.33-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.33-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.33-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.33-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-9240 ncmpc: NULL pointer dereference leading to denial of service
bugzilla·2018-04-04·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9240 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9240 ncmpc: NULL pointer dereference leading to denial of service
CVE-2018-9240 ncmpc: NULL pointer dereference leading to denial of service
ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses the chat screen and another client sends a long chat message, a crash and denial of service could occur.
References:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894724
Discussion:
Created ncmpc tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1563705]
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-9240 ncmpc: NULL pointer dereference leading to denial of service [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-04-04·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9240 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9240 ncmpc: NULL pointer dereference leading to denial of service [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-9240 ncmpc: NULL pointer dereference leading to denial of service [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
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2018-04-03
Published