Buffer overflow in Quassel-Irc Quassel
CVE-2018-1000178
A heap corruption of type CWE-120 exists in quassel version 0.12.4 in quasselcore in void DataStreamPeer::processMessage(const QByteArray &msg) datastreampeer.cpp line 62 that allows an attacker to execute code remotely.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.039 (90.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.039 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Quassel-Irc Quassel — versions 0.12.4
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00001.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/master/src/common/protocols/datastream/datastre… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- i.imgur.com/JJ4QcNq.png (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4594-1/ (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-1000178?
- CVE-2018-1000178 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Quassel-Irc Quassel, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-05-08.
- How severe is CVE-2018-1000178?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-1000178 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.