Bug 1563703 (CVE-2018-9240) - CVE-2018-9240 ncmpc: NULL pointer dereference leading to denial of service
Summary: CVE-2018-9240 ncmpc: NULL pointer dereference leading to denial of service
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2018-9240
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1563705
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-04-04 14:07 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2020-11-05 10:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:19:35 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2018-04-04 14:07:56 UTC 
ncmpc 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.

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https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894724
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2018-04-04 14:08:36 UTC 
Created ncmpc tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1563705]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:19:35 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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