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Denial of Service

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Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

How It Works

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions. Attackers exploit asymmetry: minimal attacker effort produces disproportionate resource consumption on the target. Application-level attacks use specially crafted inputs that trigger expensive operations—a regex engine processing malicious patterns can backtrack exponentially, or XML parsers recursively expand entities until memory exhausts. Network-level attacks flood targets with connection requests or amplify traffic through reflection, but application vulnerabilities often provide the most efficient attack surface.

The attack typically begins with reconnaissance to identify resource-intensive operations or unprotected endpoints. For algorithmic complexity attacks, adversaries craft inputs hitting worst-case performance—hash collision inputs filling hash tables with collisions, deeply nested JSON triggering recursive parsing, or pathological regex patterns like (a+)+b against strings of repeated 'a' characters. Resource exhaustion attacks open thousands of connections, upload massive files to unbounded storage, or trigger memory leaks through repeated operations. Crash-based attacks target error handling gaps: null pointer dereferences, unhandled exceptions in parsers, or assertion failures that terminate processes.

Impact

  • Service unavailability preventing legitimate users from accessing applications during attack duration
  • Revenue loss from downtime in e-commerce, SaaS platforms, or transaction processing systems
  • Cascading failures as resource exhaustion spreads to dependent services or database connections pool out
  • SLA violations triggering financial penalties and damaging customer trust
  • Security team distraction providing cover for data exfiltration or intrusion attempts running concurrently

Real-World Examples

CVE-2018-1000544 in Ruby's WEBrick server allowed ReDoS through malicious HTTP headers containing specially crafted patterns that caused the regex engine to backtrack exponentially, freezing request processing threads. A single attacker could saturate all available workers.

Cloudflare experienced a global outage in 2019 when a single WAF rule containing an unoptimized regex hit pathological cases on legitimate traffic spikes. The .*(?:.*=.*)* pattern exhibited catastrophic backtracking, consuming CPU cycles across their edge network until the rule was disabled.

CVE-2013-1664 demonstrated XML bomb vulnerabilities in Python's XML libraries. Attackers uploaded XML documents with nested entity definitions-each entity expanding to ten copies of the previous level. A 1KB upload could expand to gigabytes in memory during parsing, crashing applications instantly.

Mitigation

  • Strict input validation enforcing size limits, complexity bounds, and nesting depth restrictions before processing
  • Request rate limiting per IP address, API key, or user session with exponential backoff
  • Timeout enforcement terminating operations exceeding reasonable execution windows (typically 1-5 seconds)
  • Resource quotas limiting memory allocation, CPU time, and connection counts per request or tenant
  • Regex complexity analysis using linear-time algorithms or sanitizing patterns to eliminate backtracking
  • Circuit breakers automatically rejecting requests when error rates or latency thresholds indicate degradation
  • Load balancing and autoscaling distributing traffic across instances with automatic capacity expansion

Recent CVEs (36990)

EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: SOF: Intel: hda: fix null deref on system suspend entry When system enters suspend with an active stream, SOF core calls. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Intel Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: discard write access to the directory open may_open() does not allow a directory to be opened with the write access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.6
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In snapd versions prior to 2.62, snapd failed to properly check the file type when extracting a snap. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Snapd
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

An issue in Huawei Technologies opengauss (openGauss 5.0.0 build) v.7.3.0 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the modification of table attributes. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Huawei Denial Of Service Opengauss
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

An issue in the Certificate Authenticated Session Establishment (CASE) protocol for establishing secure sessions between two devices, as implemented in the Matter protocol versions before Matter 1.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Matter
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In lj_str_hash.c in OpenResty 1.19.3.1 through 1.25.3.1, the string hashing function (used during string interning) allows HashDoS (Hash Denial of Service) attacks. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.

Denial Of Service Openresty
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

TF2 Item Format helps users format TF2 items to the community standards. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

go-chart v2.1.1 was discovered to contain an infinite loop via the drawCanvas() function. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Go Chart
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

InDesign Desktop versions ID18.5.2, ID19.3 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to an application denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Indesign
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

An integer overflow vulnerability due to improper input validation when reading TDMS files in LabVIEW may result in an infinite loop. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Integer Overflow Denial Of Service Labview
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

llama.cpp provides LLM inference in C/C++. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Llama Cpp
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Kubernetes Denial Of Service Argo Cd
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

ImageSharp is a 2D graphics API. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Unitronics Vision PLC - CWE-703: Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions may allow denial of service. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Visilogic
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

A stack overflow in Tenda AX1806 v1.0.0.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Tenda Stack Overflow +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

An improper input validation of the p2c parameter in the Apache CXF JOSE code before 4.0.5, 3.6.4 and 3.5.9 allows an attacker to perform a denial of service attack by specifying a large value for. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Apache Denial Of Service Cxf
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

Rapid7 InsightVM Console versions below 6.6.260 suffer from a protection mechanism failure whereby an attacker with network access to the InsightVM Console can cause it to overload or crash by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass Denial Of Service Insightvm
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the SonicOS IPSec VPN allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Heap Overflow Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

A vulnerability in the content scanning and message filtering features of Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the underlying. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Cisco Denial Of Service +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in Cisco Intelligent Node (iNode) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to hijack the TLS connection between Cisco iNode Manager and associated intelligent nodes. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Cisco Denial Of Service Inode +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix overrunning reservations in ringbuf The BPF ring buffer internally is implemented as a power-of-2 sized circular buffer,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Allocation of Resources Without Limits vulnerability could allow attackers to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation.

Denial Of Service Linux Linux Kernel
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Use after free in Accessibility in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.57 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Google Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 121.0.6167.85 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Google Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 121.0.6167.139 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Google Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Use after free in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.57 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Google Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle Mysql Server
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability could allow attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources.

Denial Of Service Oracle Mysql Cluster +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Thread Pooling). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle Mysql Server
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.1
LOW Monitor

Vulnerability in the Java VM component of Oracle Database Server. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Java Denial Of Service Oracle +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/Python). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Python Denial Of Service Oracle +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Pluggable Auth). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle Vm Virtualbox
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.3
LOW Monitor

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Filesystem). Rated low severity (CVSS 3.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle Solaris
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: Privileges). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Connection Handling). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: DDL). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: DDL). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.8
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the Oracle Database Portable Clusterware component of Oracle Database Server. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle Database Server
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: FTS). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Oracle MySQL
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Use after free in Audio in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.182 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Google Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Use after free in Media Stream in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.182 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Google Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

A Denial of Service vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker to cause unbounded resource exhaustion by sending a large payload to the Git server. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Enterprise Server
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue in Tenda AX12 v.16.03.49.18_cn+ allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the Routing functionality and ICMP packet handling. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Tenda Denial Of Service Ax12 Firmware
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: lock against ->sock changing during sysfs read ->sock can be set to NULL asynchronously unless ->recv_mutex is held. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7). This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Linux +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Denial of service vulnerability present shortly after product installation or upgrade, potentially allowed an attacker to render ESET’s security product inoperable, provided non-default preconditions. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Eset Denial Of Service +8
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

web-auth/webauthn-lib is an open source set of PHP libraries and a Symfony bundle to allow developers to integrate that authentication mechanism into their web applications. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

PHP Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability could allow attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources.

Denial Of Service Discourse
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Improper input validation in the installer for Zoom Workplace Desktop App for Windows before version 6.0.10 may allow an authenticated user to conduct a denial of service via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Workplace Desktop
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM This Month

Race condition in the installer for Zoom Workplace App for Windows and Zoom Rooms App for Windows may allow an authenticated user to conduct a denial of service via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4). No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Rooms +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM This Month

Uncontrolled search path element in the installer for Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS before version 6.0.10 may allow an authenticated user to conduct a denial of service via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Apple Denial Of Service Workplace Desktop
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Improper input validation in some Zoom Apps and SDKs may allow an authenticated user to conduct a denial of service via network access. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Meeting Software Development Kit Rooms +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc() syzbot found hanging tasks waiting on rtnl_lock [1] A. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Linux Kernel
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: Revert "ACPICA: avoid Info: mapping multiple BARs. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: force a dst refcount before doing decryption As it says in commit 3bc07321ccc2 ("xfrm: Force a dst refcount before entering. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Linux Kernel
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix kernel crash during resume Currently during resume, QMI target memory is not properly handled, resulting in. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Memory Leak vulnerability could allow attackers to exhaust available memory leading to denial of service.

Denial Of Service Linux Linux Kernel
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP The return value of devm_kzalloc() needs to be checked to avoid NULL. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Possible null pointer dereference in cs35l41_hda_unbind() The cs35l41_hda_unbind() function clears the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: zoned: allocate dummy checksums for zoned NODATASUM writes Shin'ichiro reported that when he's running fstests' test-case. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Canonical Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init() syzbot reminds us that in6_dev_get() can return NULL. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Canonical Google Null Pointer Dereference +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe() syzbot caught a NULL dereference in rt6_probe() [1] Bail out if. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Canonical Google Null Pointer Dereference +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm6: check ip6_dst_idev() return value in xfrm6_get_saddr() ip6_dst_idev() can return NULL, xfrm6_get_saddr() must act. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Canonical Google Null Pointer Dereference +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: seg6: fix parameter passing when calling NF_HOOK() in End.DX4 and End.DX6 behaviors input_action_end_dx4() and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Red Hat Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in ocfs2_journal_dirty() bdev->bd_super has been removed and commit 8887b94d9322 change the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in ocfs2_abort_trigger() bdev->bd_super has been removed and commit 8887b94d9322 change the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: shmem: fix getting incorrect lruvec when replacing a shmem folio When testing shmem swapin, I encountered the warning below on. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Linux Kernel
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_table_check: fix crash on ZONE_DEVICE Not all pages may apply to pgtable check. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Linux Kernel
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: Avoid blocking in RCU read-side critical section A panic happens in ima_match_policy: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu: Return right value in iommu_sva_bind_device() iommu_sva_bind_device() should return either a sva bond handle or an ERR_PTR. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/kexec: Fix bug with call depth tracking The call to cc_platform_has() triggers a fault and system crash if call depth tracking. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Linux Kernel
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EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool() Clang static checker (scan-build) warning:. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
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EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xhci: Handle TD clearing for multiple streams case When multiple streams are in use, multiple TDs might be in flight when an. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Denial Of Service +3
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EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fix request.queuelist usage in flush Friedrich Weber reported a kernel crash problem and bisected to commit 81ada09cc25e. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Linux Kernel
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Adjust logging of firmware messages in case of released token in __hwrm_send() In case of token is released due to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: Lock wiphy in cfg80211_get_station Wiphy should be locked before calling rdev_get_station() (see lockdep assert in. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
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EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ax25: Fix refcount imbalance on inbound connections When releasing a socket in ax25_release(), we call netdev_put() to decrease the. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Linux Kernel
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Set run context for rawtp test_run callback syzbot reported crash when rawtp program executed through the test_run interface. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Linux Kernel
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix possible race in __fib6_drop_pcpu_from() syzbot found a race in __fib6_drop_pcpu_from() [1] If compiler reads more than. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7). This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Canonical Google Null Pointer Dereference +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hns3: fix kernel crash problem in concurrent scenario When link status change, the nic driver need to notify the roce driver. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability could allow attackers to access uninitialized memory causing crashes or information disclosure.

Denial Of Service Linux Linux Kernel
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EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: liquidio: Adjust a NULL pointer handling path in lio_vf_rep_copy_packet In lio_vf_rep_copy_packet() pg_info->page is compared to a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/komeda: check for error-valued pointer komeda_pipeline_get_state() may return an error-valued pointer, thus check the pointer. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_inner: validate mandatory meta and payload Check for mandatory netlink attributes in payload and meta expression. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Linux +1
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