CVE-2018-1000178 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2018-1000178?

CVE-2018-1000178 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 8 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000178?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Quassel-Irc Quassel.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000178?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-1000178 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000178, DLA-1370-1, GHSA-h2q5-7v73-r3cx, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000178.