9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2018-1000178
Quassel Heap Corruption Remote Code Execution
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 8, 2018, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-1000178 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-1000178 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Quassel-irc quassel
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The exploits

Python

Updated: 6 years, 2 months ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 6, 2018, 3:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-1000178 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-1000178 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4594-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-119 CWE-787
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 20, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://i.imgur.com/JJ4QcNq.png No Types Assigned https://i.imgur.com/JJ4QcNq.png Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/master/src/common/protocols/datastream/datastreampeer.cpp#L62 No Types Assigned https://github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/master/src/common/protocols/datastream/datastreampeer.cpp#L62 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00001.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel:0.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00001.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.60 }} -0.02%

score

0.87200

percentile

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