Security advisory

{
  "id": "07305187edea0efc7632ffea6f334c70bab6bf2594254282117c3c7c75c83727",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9240",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-9240",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-9240",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-9240",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-9240"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/musicplayerdaemon/ncmpc",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "e725c9cc5112891c7e68e4755189eae6f4409310"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:ncmpc_project:ncmpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.29"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.29",
            "v0.28",
            "v0.27",
            "v0.26",
            "v0.25",
            "v0.24",
            "v0.23",
            "v0.22",
            "v0.21",
            "v0.20",
            "v0.19",
            "v0.18",
            "v0.17",
            "v0.16.1",
            "v0.16",
            "v0.15",
            "v0.14",
            "v0.13",
            "v0.12",
            "v0.12_beta2",
            "v0.12_beta1",
            "v0.12_alpha1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-9240.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:18.564753550Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.debian.org/894724",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00020.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4507-1/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-9240",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429805,
  "published_at": "2018-04-03T22:29:01.32+00:00"
}