CVE-2018-9240 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses the chat screen and another client sends a long chat message, a crash and denial of service could occur.

Published: 2018-04-03

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ncmpc_project:ncmpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-2186-1	ncmpc security update
EUVD	EUVD-2018-20834	ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses the chat screen and another client sends a long chat message, a crash and denial of service could occur.
Ubuntu USN	USN-4507-1	ncmpc vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00436.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.debian.org/894724
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00020.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4507-1/

History

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Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Debian Debian Linux

Ncmpc Project Ncmpc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-04-03T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:17:51.862Z

Reserved: 2018-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-9240

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-03T22:29:01.320

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:15:11.520

Link: CVE-2018-9240

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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