CVE-2018-1000178 — A heap corruption of type CWE-120 exists in quassel version 0

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-05-08T15:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T12:33:49.367Z

09References

• www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00001.html
• github.com — https://github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/master/src/common/protocols/datastream/d…
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04
• i.imgur.com — https://i.imgur.com/JJ4QcNq.png
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4594-1/