CVE-2018-9240 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability affecting ncmpc versions through 0.29, including various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a denial of service by sending a long chat message to a user on the chat screen. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a high impact on availability with low attack complexity. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ncmpc_project:ncmpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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