What is CVE-2018-1000179?

CVE-2018-1000179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quassel-irc Quassel, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000179?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Quassel-irc Quassel

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.

EPSS: 0.024 (81.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Quassel-irc Quassel — versions 0.12.4
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000179?: CVE-2018-1000179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quassel-irc Quassel, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000179?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.