# CVE-2018-1000178: A heap corruption of type CWE-120 exists in quassel version 0.12.4 in quasselcore in void DataStreamPeer::processMessage(const QByteArray &m

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-05-08 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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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## References

- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00001.html
- https://github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/master/src/common/protocols/datastream/datastreampeer.cpp#L62
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04
- https://i.imgur.com/JJ4QcNq.png
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4594-1/

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