CVE-2018-1000178

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.12% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00001.html third party advisory mailing list
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/master/src/common/protocols/datastream/datastreampeer.cpp#L62 third party advisory patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://i.imgur.com/JJ4QcNq.png third party advisory exploit
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4594-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-1000178?
CVE-2018-1000178 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-1000178?
To fix CVE-2018-1000178, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-1000178 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-1000178 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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