CVE-2018-1000179
HIGHquassel 0.12.4 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in CoreAuthHandler
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/master/src/core/coreauthhandler.cpp#L236
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4594-1/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0236
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
quassel-irc/quassel
0.12.4
Published
May 08, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026