Critical severity9.8OSV Advisory· Published May 8, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-1000178

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.

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Affected products

Quassel Irc/QuasselOSV3 versions
0.10-beta1, 0.10-pre, 0.10-rc1, …+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: 0.10-beta1, 0.10-pre, 0.10-rc1, …
- cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel:0.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: = 0.12.4
Debian/linux3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/master/src/common/protocols/datastream/datastreampeer.cppnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
i.imgur.com/JJ4QcNq.pngnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00001.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04nvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/4594-1/nvd

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