CVE-2018-9240 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Ncmpc

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference8 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 36.99%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Ncmpc Project NcmpcDebian NcmpcCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 3
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/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/ncmpc< ncmpc 0.33-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianncmpc_project/ncmpc< 0.33-1+3
▶Ubuntuncmpc_project/ncmpc< 0.24-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 16.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-p6r9-xv65-25jq: ncmpc through 0↗2022-05-13
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OSV
ncmpc vulnerability↗2020-09-16
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OSV
CVE-2018-9240: ncmpc through 0↗2018-04-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
ncmpc vulnerability↗2020-09-16
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Debian
CVE-2018-9240: ncmpc - ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses t...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-9240 ncmpc: NULL pointer dereference leading to denial of service↗2018-04-04
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-9240 ncmpc: NULL pointer dereference leading to denial of service [fedora-all]↗2018-04-04
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