CVE-2018-9240

Summary

CVECVE-2018-9240
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-03 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-20 15:26:00 UTC
Descriptionncmpc 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Ncmpc Project Ncmpc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-4507-1: ncmpc vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2186-1] ncmpc security update MLIST lists.debian.org
#894724 - ncmpc: CVE-2018-9240: Crash in chat screen when another client sends a long line - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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