CWE-476
AllowedNULL Pointer Dereference
Abstraction: Base · Status: Stable
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
6471 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-9C2C-5V89-7HCJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:40 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:40An elevation of privilege vulnerability in SurfaceFlinger could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32628763.
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"nvd_published_at": "2017-04-07T22:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "An elevation of privilege vulnerability in SurfaceFlinger could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32628763.",
"id": "GHSA-9c2c-5v89-7hcj",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:40:13Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:40:13Z",
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"url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01"
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"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97341"
},
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"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-9C77-W28P-48G4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-05 18:31 – Updated: 2026-05-12 15:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: core: Check for rtd == NULL in snd_soc_remove_pcm_runtime()
snd_soc_remove_pcm_runtime() might be called with rtd == NULL which will leads to null pointer dereference. This was reproduced with topology loading and marking a link as ignore due to missing hardware component on the system. On module removal the soc_tplg_remove_link() would call snd_soc_remove_pcm_runtime() with rtd == NULL since the link was ignored, no runtime was created.
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-09-04T16:15:39Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: core: Check for rtd == NULL in snd_soc_remove_pcm_runtime()\n\nsnd_soc_remove_pcm_runtime() might be called with rtd == NULL which will\nleads to null pointer dereference.\nThis was reproduced with topology loading and marking a link as ignore\ndue to missing hardware component on the system.\nOn module removal the soc_tplg_remove_link() would call\nsnd_soc_remove_pcm_runtime() with rtd == NULL since the link was ignored,\nno runtime was created.",
"id": "GHSA-9c77-w28p-48g4",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:31:00Z",
"published": "2025-09-05T18:31:16Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38706"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d91cb261cac6d885954b8f5da28b5c176c18131"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fce20decc6a83f16dd73744150c4e7ea6c97c21"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41f53afe53a57a7c50323f99424b598190acf192"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ce0a7255ce97ed7c54afae83fdbce712a1f0c9e"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f8fc03712194fd4e2df28af7f7f7a38205934ef"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ba7b8cf9f6e3bf392a9f08ba3d1c0b200ccb94"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b465bedc2b417fd27c1d1ab7122882b4b60b1a0"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cecc65827ef3df9754e097582d89569139e6cd1e"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html"
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GHSA-9CF9-VW76-83RQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-27 03:34 – Updated: 2026-07-14 15:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: multitouch: Add NULL check in mt_input_configured
devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this returned value in mt_input_configured() is not checked. Add NULL check in mt_input_configured(), to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference error.
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-02-27T03:15:12Z",
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: multitouch: Add NULL check in mt_input_configured\n\ndevm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this\nreturned value in mt_input_configured() is not checked.\nAdd NULL check in mt_input_configured(), to handle kernel NULL\npointer dereference error.",
"id": "GHSA-9cf9-vw76-83rq",
"modified": "2026-07-14T15:31:17Z",
"published": "2025-02-27T03:34:03Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-58020"
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"url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html"
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"url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2052b44cd0a62b6fdbe3371e5ba6029c56c400ca"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e7113f591163d99adc7cbcd7295030c8c5d3fc7"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62f8bf06262b6fc55c58f4c5256140f1382f3b01"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97c09cc2e72769edb6994b531edcfa313b96bade"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b8e2220d3a052a690b1d1b23019673e612494c5"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a04d96ef67a42165f93194eef22a270acba4b74c"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6bfd3856e9f3da083f177753c623d58ba935e0a"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa879ef6d3acf96fa2c7122d0632061d4ea58d48"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html"
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html"
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GHSA-9CFQ-RC8Q-2WXP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-17 00:00 – Updated: 2022-02-17 00:00Adobe Illustrator versions 25.4.3 (and earlier) and 26.0.2 (and earlier) are affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
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"nvd_published_at": "2022-02-16T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Adobe Illustrator versions 25.4.3 (and earlier) and 26.0.2 (and earlier) are affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.",
"id": "GHSA-9cfq-rc8q-2wxp",
"modified": "2022-02-17T00:00:29Z",
"published": "2022-02-17T00:00:29Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23199"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb22-07.html"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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}
GHSA-9CGQ-X2X3-F2RV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 00:47 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:45A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in the AP4_HdlrAtom class in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash in AP4_StdcFileByteStream::ReadPartial in System/StdC/Ap4StdCFileByteStream.cpp, which leads to remote denial of service.
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"nvd_published_at": "2017-09-21T17:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in the AP4_HdlrAtom class in Bento4 version 1.5.0-617. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash in AP4_StdcFileByteStream::ReadPartial in System/StdC/Ap4StdCFileByteStream.cpp, which leads to remote denial of service.",
"id": "GHSA-9cgq-x2x3-f2rv",
"modified": "2025-04-20T03:45:41Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T00:47:33Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14642"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/185"
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"url": "https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/commit/22192de5367fa0cee985917f092be4060b7c00b0"
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"url": "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/14/bento4-null-pointer-dereference-in-ap4_stdcfilebytestreamreadpartial-ap4stdcfilebytestream-cpp"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-9CJC-JQP3-XQ73
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:55 – Updated: 2024-04-04 01:53An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.11. fm10k_init_module in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c has a NULL pointer dereference because there is no -ENOMEM upon an alloc_workqueue failure.
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"details": "An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.11. fm10k_init_module in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c has a NULL pointer dereference because there is no -ENOMEM upon an alloc_workqueue failure.",
"id": "GHSA-9cjc-jqp3-xq73",
"modified": "2024-04-04T01:53:02Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:55:27Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/01ca667133d019edc9f0a1f70a272447c84ec41f"
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"url": "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.11"
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00014.html"
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00015.html"
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"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001"
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"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html"
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GHSA-9CRR-PWPM-H268
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:04 – Updated: 2024-04-04 02:443S-Smart CODESYS SP Realtime NT before V2.3.7.28, CODESYS Runtime Toolkit 32 bit full before V2.4.7.54, and CODESYS PLCWinNT before V2.4.7.54 allow a NULL pointer dereference.
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"nvd_published_at": "2019-12-20T13:15:00Z",
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"details": "3S-Smart CODESYS SP Realtime NT before V2.3.7.28, CODESYS Runtime Toolkit 32 bit full before V2.4.7.54, and CODESYS PLCWinNT before V2.4.7.54 allow a NULL pointer dereference.",
"id": "GHSA-9crr-pwpm-h268",
"modified": "2024-04-04T02:44:47Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:04:50Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19789"
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"url": "https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?eID=dumpFile\u0026t=f\u0026f=12946\u0026token=edd5d8e821edaf3189d36bb1cac1aa1bfc42351f\u0026download="
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GHSA-9CV2-CFXC-V4V2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-19 16:36 – Updated: 2026-06-19 16:36Summary
Nokogiri contains a bug when calling certain methods on allocated-but-uninitialized native wrapper classes that inherit from Nokogiri::XML::Node. This caused a NULL pointer dereference that could crash the process.
Nokogiri 1.19.4 checks for missing native data pointers and raises a RuntimeError.
JRuby is not affected.
Severity
The Nokogiri maintainers have evaluated this as low severity. This is only triggered by a programming error. It requires application code to call .allocate directly on a native-backed class and then invoke methods on the resulting uninitialized object. It cannot be triggered by untrusted input or through normal use of the public API.
Mitigation
Upgrade to Nokogiri 1.19.4 or later.
Avoid calling .allocate directly on Nokogiri native-backed classes. Use the documented constructors and factory methods instead.
Credit
This issue was responsibly reported by Zheng Yu from depthfirst.com.
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"details": "### Summary\n\nNokogiri contains a bug when calling certain methods on allocated-but-uninitialized native wrapper classes that inherit from `Nokogiri::XML::Node`. This caused a NULL pointer dereference that could crash the process.\n\nNokogiri 1.19.4 checks for missing native data pointers and raises a `RuntimeError`.\n\nJRuby is not affected.\n\n### Severity\n\nThe Nokogiri maintainers have evaluated this as low severity. This is only triggered by a programming error. It requires application code to call `.allocate` directly on a native-backed class and then invoke methods on the resulting uninitialized object. It cannot be triggered by untrusted input or through normal use of the public API.\n\n### Mitigation\n\nUpgrade to Nokogiri 1.19.4 or later.\n\nAvoid calling `.allocate` directly on Nokogiri native-backed classes. Use the documented constructors and factory methods instead.\n\n### Credit\n\nThis issue was responsibly reported by Zheng Yu from depthfirst.com.",
"id": "GHSA-9cv2-cfxc-v4v2",
"modified": "2026-06-19T16:36:23Z",
"published": "2026-06-19T16:36:23Z",
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"summary": "Nokogiri: Null Pointer Dereference calling methods on uninitialized wrapper classes"
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GHSA-9CV9-84QQ-79G4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-01 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-10 21:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ata: libata-transport: fix error handling in ata_tport_add()
In ata_tport_add(), the return value of transport_add_device() is not checked. As a result, it causes null-ptr-deref while removing the module, because transport_remove_device() is called to remove the device that was not added.
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000d0 CPU: 12 PID: 13605 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc3+ #8 pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : device_del+0x48/0x39c lr : device_del+0x44/0x39c Call trace: device_del+0x48/0x39c attribute_container_class_device_del+0x28/0x40 transport_remove_classdev+0x60/0x7c attribute_container_device_trigger+0x118/0x120 transport_remove_device+0x20/0x30 ata_tport_delete+0x34/0x60 [libata] ata_port_detach+0x148/0x1b0 [libata] ata_pci_remove_one+0x50/0x80 [libata] ahci_remove_one+0x4c/0x8c [ahci]
Fix this by checking and handling return value of transport_add_device() in ata_tport_add().
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nata: libata-transport: fix error handling in ata_tport_add()\n\nIn ata_tport_add(), the return value of transport_add_device() is\nnot checked. As a result, it causes null-ptr-deref while removing\nthe module, because transport_remove_device() is called to remove\nthe device that was not added.\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000d0\nCPU: 12 PID: 13605 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc3+ #8\npstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\npc : device_del+0x48/0x39c\nlr : device_del+0x44/0x39c\nCall trace:\n device_del+0x48/0x39c\n attribute_container_class_device_del+0x28/0x40\n transport_remove_classdev+0x60/0x7c\n attribute_container_device_trigger+0x118/0x120\n transport_remove_device+0x20/0x30\n ata_tport_delete+0x34/0x60 [libata]\n ata_port_detach+0x148/0x1b0 [libata]\n ata_pci_remove_one+0x50/0x80 [libata]\n ahci_remove_one+0x4c/0x8c [ahci]\n\nFix this by checking and handling return value of transport_add_device()\nin ata_tport_add().",
"id": "GHSA-9cv9-84qq-79g4",
"modified": "2025-11-10T21:30:27Z",
"published": "2025-05-01T15:31:48Z",
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5362dc1634d8b8d5f30920f33ac11a3276b7ed9"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7bb1b7a7bf26f6b7372b7b683daece4a42fda02"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-9CW6-8XH8-4JGV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:28 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:28Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-15931"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-476"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-10-12T18:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.",
"id": "GHSA-9cw6-8xh8-4jgv",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:28:07Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:28:07Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15931"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-30.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://research.checkpoint.com/2018/50-adobe-cves-in-50-days"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105442"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041809"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-56
For any pointers that could have been modified or provided from a function that can return NULL, check the pointer for NULL before use. When working with a multithreaded or otherwise asynchronous environment, ensure that proper locking APIs are used to lock before the check, and unlock when it has finished [REF-1484].
Mitigation
Select a programming language that is not susceptible to these issues.
Mitigation
Check the results of all functions that return a value and verify that the value is non-null before acting upon it.
Mitigation
Identify all variables and data stores that receive information from external sources, and apply input validation to make sure that they are only initialized to expected values.
Mitigation
Explicitly initialize all variables and other data stores, either during declaration or just before the first usage.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.