CVE Vulnerability

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.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/master/src/core/coreauthhandler.cpp#L236 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4594-1/
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel:0.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-05-08 03:29

Updated : 2020-10-26 10:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-1000179

Mitre link : CVE-2018-1000179

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-476