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Null Pointer Dereference

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A null pointer dereference occurs when a program attempts to access memory through a pointer that has been set to NULL (address 0x0).

How It Works

A null pointer dereference occurs when a program attempts to access memory through a pointer that has been set to NULL (address 0x0). In normal operation, pointers should reference valid memory locations before use. When a pointer is NULL—either uninitialized, explicitly set to NULL, or returned as NULL from a failed allocation—and the program tries to read from, write to, or execute code at that address, the operating system intervenes. On modern systems, accessing address zero triggers a segmentation fault that immediately terminates the process.

Attackers exploit this by manipulating program logic to force null pointer conditions. Common techniques include triggering allocation failures in low-memory conditions, providing malformed input that bypasses initialization checks, or exploiting race conditions where a pointer is checked for NULL but becomes NULL before use. The attacker identifies code paths where null checks are missing or inadequate, then crafts inputs to reach those vulnerable states.

On legacy systems without memory protection, attackers could map their own code at address zero, converting a crash into arbitrary code execution. Modern operating systems prevent this through mmap_min_addr restrictions that prohibit mapping memory below a threshold (typically 64KB). This mitigation has largely relegated null pointer dereferences to denial-of-service attacks rather than remote code execution vectors.

Impact

  • Service disruption: Immediate process crash, taking down the vulnerable application or daemon
  • Availability attacks: Repeated crashes forcing system restarts or service downtime
  • Limited code execution: On unpatched legacy systems (pre-2009 Linux kernels, older embedded devices) where address zero mapping is possible
  • Privilege escalation: In kernel-mode drivers where null dereferences can be exploited to execute attacker code with system privileges

Real-World Examples

The Linux kernel suffered from CVE-2009-2908, where null pointer dereferences in various subsystems could be exploited on systems allowing mmap at address zero. Attackers could map malicious code at NULL and trigger kernel null dereferences to achieve privilege escalation. This prompted the introduction of mmap_min_addr protections.

Microsoft Windows drivers have been frequent targets, including CVE-2020-17087 in the Windows kernel cryptography driver. Attackers triggered null pointer dereferences in kernel mode, which on older Windows versions could be exploited for local privilege escalation by controlling the null page.

Web browsers have experienced denial-of-service through null dereferences when parsing malformed content. Firefox CVE-2019-11707 involved a null pointer dereference in the IonMonkey JIT compiler, allowing attackers to crash the browser with specially crafted JavaScript, though not achieve code execution due to modern protections.

Mitigation

  • Explicit null checks: Validate all pointers before dereferencing, especially after allocation or function calls that may return NULL
  • Static analysis tools: Deploy analyzers like Coverity, Clang Static Analyzer, or PVS-Studio to detect missing null checks during development
  • Address space layout: Enable mmap_min_addr kernel protection (standard on modern Linux, typically 65536 bytes)
  • Fuzzing: Use AFL, libFuzzer, or similar tools to stress-test error handling paths and allocation failures
  • Safe coding practices: Initialize pointers to NULL, use smart pointers in C++, adopt languages with built-in null safety
  • Runtime bounds checking: Enable AddressSanitizer during testing to catch null dereferences immediately

Recent CVEs (4134)

EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

u'Null pointer dereference in HP OfficeJet Pro 8210 jbig2 filter due to lack of check of PDF font array leads to denial of service' in IPS PDF releases prior to IPS System 2020.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

u'Null Pointer exception while playing crafted mkv file as data stream get deleted on secondary invalid configuration' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Mobile in APQ8098,. 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 Qualcomm +10
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

An issue was discovered in GnuTLS before 3.6.15. 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.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Gnutls +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

In MidnightBSD before 1.2.6 and 1.3 before August 2020, and FreeBSD before 7, a NULL pointer dereference was found in the Linux emulation layer that allows attackers to crash the running kernel. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Linux Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.6
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the Cisco Fabric Services component of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause process crashes, which could result in a denial. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Cisco Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

This affects all versions of package github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig. 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.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Goxmldsig
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel cgroupv2 subsystem in versions before 5.7.10 was found in the way when reboot the system. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Linux Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service +10
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

ldebug.c in Lua 5.4.0 attempts to access debug information via the line hook of a stripped function, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Lua
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in devices/vector/gdevtxtw.c and psi/zbfont.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Ghostscript +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in devices/gdevtsep.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted postscript file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Ghostscript +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in clj_media_size() in devices/gdevclj.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Ghostscript +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in compose_group_nonknockout_nonblend_isolated_allmask_common() in base/gxblend.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Ghostscript +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

libssh 0.9.4 has a NULL pointer dereference in tftpserver.c if ssh_buffer_new returns NULL. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Libssh +4
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

Grandstream HT800 series firmware version 1.0.17.5 and below is vulnerable to a denial of service attack against the TR-069 service. 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.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Ht801 Firmware +5
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

In GNOME Balsa before 2.6.0, a malicious server operator or man in the middle can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and client crash by sending a PREAUTH response to imap_mbox_connect in. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Balsa +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

In GNOME evolution-data-server before 3.35.91, a malicious server can crash the mail client with a NULL pointer dereference by sending an invalid (e.g., minimal) CAPABILITY line on a connection. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Evolution Data Server +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

Cherokee 0.4.27 to 1.2.104 is affected by a denial of service due to a NULL pointer dereferences. 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.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Cherokee
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

In OSIsoft PI System multiple products and versions, an authenticated remote attacker could crash PI Network Manager due to a race condition. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Data Archive
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.1
HIGH This Week

An authenticated remote attacker could crash PI Archive Subsystem when the subsystem is working under memory pressure. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Pi Data Archive
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the EGG archive parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.102.0 - 0.102.3 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Clamav +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

GNU LibreDWG before 0.11 allows NULL pointer dereferences via crafted input files. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Libredwg
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Appweb before 7.2.2 and 8.x before 8.1.0, when built with CGI support, mishandles an HTTP request with a Range header that lacks an exact range. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Appweb
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

TCP/IP function included in the firmware of Mitsubishi Electric GOT2000 series (CoreOS with version -Y and earlier installed in GT27 Model, GT25 Model, and GT23 Model) contains a null pointer. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Coreos
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.3
LOW PATCH Monitor

In QEMU 4.2.0, a MemoryRegionOps object may lack read/write callback methods, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

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

An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.5.2. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Openexr +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.006.20042 and earlier, 2017.011.30166 and earlier, 2017.011.30166 and earlier, and 2015.006.30518 and earlier have a null pointer vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Adobe Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, in which a NULL pointer is dereferenced, leading to denial. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Microsoft +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.7
MEDIUM POC This Month

A NULL pointer dereference in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 allows a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to cause a denial of service, GHSL-2020-079. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Sane Backends +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), 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 Libvncserver +9
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in LibVNCServer before 0.9.13. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), 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 Libvncserver +8
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

In uftpd before 2.12, handle_CWD in ftpcmd.c mishandled the path provided by the user, causing a NULL pointer dereference and denial of service, as demonstrated by a CWD /.. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Uftpd
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In onCreate of SliceDeepLinkSpringBoard.java there is a possible insecure Intent. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Google Java Null Pointer Dereference +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in janus-gateway (aka Janus WebRTC Server) through 0.10.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Janus
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in janus-gateway (aka Janus WebRTC Server) through 0.10.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Janus
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) 1.12.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SSDP message due to a NULL pointer dereference in the functions. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Libupnp +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

ZNC 1.8.0 up to 1.8.1-rc1 allows authenticated users to trigger an application crash (with a NULL pointer dereference) if echo-message is not enabled and there is no network. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Znc +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.5
LOW PATCH Monitor

address_space_map in exec.c in QEMU 4.2.0 can trigger a NULL pointer dereference related to BounceBuffer. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.5).

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Qemu +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Istio 1.4.x before 1.4.9 and Istio 1.5.x before 1.5.4 contain the following vulnerability when telemetry v2 is enabled: by sending a specially crafted packet, an attacker could trigger a Null Pointer. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), 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 Istio
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

A NULL pointer dereference was found in the libvirt API responsible introduced in upstream version 3.10.0, and fixed in libvirt 6.0.0, for fetching a storage pool based on its target path. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

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

A NULL pointer dereference in sanei_epson_net_read in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 allows a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to cause a denial of service, aka. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Sane Backends +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

parser/js/js-scanner.c in JerryScript 2.2.0 mishandles errors during certain out-of-memory conditions, as demonstrated by a scanner_reverse_info_list NULL pointer dereference and a scanner_scan_all. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Jerryscript
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

ext/fts3/fts3_snippet.c in SQLite before 3.32.0 has a NULL pointer dereference via a crafted matchinfo() query. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Sqlite +11
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

SQLite through 3.32.0 has a segmentation fault in sqlite3ExprCodeTarget in expr.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Sqlite +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's SELinux subsystem in versions before 5.7. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.

Linux Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service +11
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint Server when it fails to properly identify and filter unsafe ASP.Net web controls, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

RCE Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

In Dovecot before 2.3.10.1, unauthenticated sending of malformed parameters to a NOOP command causes a NULL Pointer Dereference and crash in submission-login, submission, or lmtp. 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.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Dovecot
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS allows an authenticated administrator to send a request that causes the rasmgr daemon to crash. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Paloalto +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

The Apache NuttX (Incubating) project provides an optional separate "apps" repository which contains various optional components and example programs. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), 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.

Apache Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

The IGMP component in VxWorks 6.8.3 IPNET CVE patches created in 2019 has a NULL Pointer Dereference. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vxworks
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in Ceph through 13.2.9. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), 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 Ceph +1
NVD
EPSS 53% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

Server or client applications that call the SSL_check_chain() function during or after a TLS 1.3 handshake may crash due to a NULL pointer dereference as a result of incorrect handling of the. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service OpenSSL +25
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Autodesk FBX-SDK versions 2019.0 and earlier may lead to denial of service of the application. 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 Fbx Software Development Kit
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A flaw was found in libssh versions before 0.8.9 and before 0.9.4 in the way it handled AES-CTR (or DES ciphers if enabled) ciphers. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), 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 Libssh +5
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

In the Linux kernel before 5.6.1, drivers/media/usb/gspca/xirlink_cit.c (aka the Xirlink camera USB driver) mishandles invalid descriptors, aka CID-a246b4d54770. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Linux Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Amcrest cameras and NVR are vulnerable to a null pointer dereference over port 37777. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service 1080 Lite 8Ch Firmware +17
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An issue was discovered in the stv06xx subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.6.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Linux Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Linux Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

TP-Link NC200 through 2.1.8_Build_171109, NC210 through 1.0.9_Build_171214, NC220 through 1.3.0_Build_180105, NC230 through 1.3.0_Build_171205, NC250 through 1.3.0_Build_171205, NC260 through. 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.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service TP-Link +7
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of ELOG Electronic Logbook 3.1.4-283534d. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Electronic Logbook
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Hdf5
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in HDF5 through 1.12.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Hdf5
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in TCP function included in the firmware of Mitsubishi Electric MELQIC IU1 series IU1-1M20-D firmware version 1.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to stop. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Iu1 1M20 D Firmware
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the kernel module (nvidia.ko), where a null pointer dereference may occur, which may lead to denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Nvidia +1
NVD
EPSS 12% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

The bencoding parser in BitTorrent uTorrent through 3.5.5 (build 45505) misparses nested bencoded dictionaries, which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. 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.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Utorrent
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

When processing a message that contains multiple S/MIME signatures, a bug in the MIME processing code caused a null pointer dereference, leading to an unexploitable crash. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Mozilla +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Pale Moon 28.x before 28.8.4 has a segmentation fault related to module scripting, as demonstrated by a Lacoste web site. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Pale Moon
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, the WireGuard dissector could crash. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Wireshark +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

In PHP versions 7.2.x below 7.2.28, 7.3.x below 7.3.15 and 7.4.x below 7.4.3, when using file upload functionality, if upload progress tracking is enabled, but session.upload_progress.cleanup is set. 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.

File Upload Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

A NULL Pointer Dereference exists in libzint in Zint 2.7.1 because multiple + characters are mishandled in add_on in upcean.c, when called from eanx in upcean.c during EAN barcode generation. 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.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Zint
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

In SQLite 3.31.1, isAuxiliaryVtabOperator allows attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and segmentation fault because of generated column optimizations. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Sqlite +10
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the way CoTURN 4.5.1.1 web server parses POST requests. 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.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Coturn +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

CA Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft/UIM) 20.1, 20.3.x, and 9.20 and below contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the robot (controller) component. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Unified Infrastructure Management
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In removeUnusedPackagesLPw of PackageManagerService.java, there is a possible permanent denial-of-service due to a missing package dependency test. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

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

In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via crafted messages written. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Ossec
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A NULL pointer dereference in vrend_renderer.c in virglrenderer through 0.8.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via commands that attempt to launch a grid without previously providing a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Virglrenderer +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

async.c and dict.c in libhiredis.a in hiredis through 0.14.0 allow a NULL pointer dereference because malloc return values are unchecked. 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.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Hiredis +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

In Wireshark 3.0.x before 3.0.8, the BT ATT dissector could crash. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Wireshark +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in GPAC version 0.8.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Gpac
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in GPAC version 0.8.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Gpac
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

Ming (aka libming) 0.4.8 has z NULL pointer dereference in the function decompileGETURL2() in decompile.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Libming
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

GNU LibreDWG 0.9.3.2564 has an invalid pointer dereference in dwg_dynapi_entity_value in dynapi.c (dynapi.c is generated by gen-dynapi.pl). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Libredwg +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

GNU LibreDWG 0.9.3.2564 has a NULL pointer dereference in get_next_owned_entity in dwg.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Libredwg +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

FTPGetter Professional 5.97.0.223 is vulnerable to a memory corruption bug when a user sends a specially crafted string to the application. 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 Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in GPAC version 0.8.0 and 0.9.0-development-20191109. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Gpac
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in GPAC version 0.8.0 and 0.9.0-development-20191109. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Gpac
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in GPAC version 0.8.0 and 0.9.0-development-20191109. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Gpac +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in GPAC version 0.8.0 and 0.9.0-development-20191109. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Gpac
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in GPAC version 0.8.0 and 0.9.0-development-20191109. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Gpac +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

The PoDoFo::PdfVariant::DelayedLoad function in PdfVariant.h in PoDoFo 0.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file, because of. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Podofo +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in Bento4 1.5.1.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Bento4
NVD GitHub
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