Stormshield Network Security
CVE-2022-30279
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Null pointer safety, defensive checks
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in Stormshield Network Security (SNS) 4.3.x before 4.3.8. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Check pointers before dereferencing. Use static analysis tools to detect null pointer paths.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), which allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. An issue was discovered in Stormshield Network Security (SNS) 4.3.x before 4.3.8. The event logging of the ASQ sofbus lacbus plugin triggers the dereferencing of a NULL pointer, leading to a crash of SNS. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability via forged sofbus lacbus traffic to cause a firmware crash. Affected products include: Stormshield Stormshield Network Security. Version information: before 4.3.8..
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in Stormshield Network Security (SNS) 4.3.x before 4.3.8. The event logging of the ASQ sofbus lacbus plugin triggers the dereferencing of a NULL pointer, leading to a crash of SNS. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability via forged sofbus lacbus traffic to cause a firmware crash.
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Attack Technique
A null pointer dereference occurs when a program attempts to access memory through a pointer that has been set to NULL (address 0x0).
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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