CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.
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This CVE-2022-48992 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ASoC (ALSA System on Chip) subsystem. It allows local attackers ...
Oct 21, 2024This vulnerability in the Linux kernel's slcan driver allows a NULL pointer dereference when a freed work queue is accessed, causing a kernel crash. I...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's AF_UNIX socket diagnostics subsystem. When processing certain netlin...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's IEEE 802.15.4 (WPAN) subsystem. When adding a wireless personal area...
Oct 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's AMD display driver can cause system hangs when resuming from suspend with Thunderbolt m...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD P-State CPU frequency scaling driver in the Linux kernel. If cpufreq_cpu_get() ...
Oct 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() function could cause kernel crashes or denial of service. Thi...
Oct 21, 2024A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's network Generic Segmentation Offload (GSO) handling allows TCP fragmentation list (fraglist) segmentation to fai...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ACPICA subsystem. If the ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() memory allocation fa...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a double-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's GFS2 filesystem implementation where destroy_workqueue() is called twice on the s...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Xe graphics driver. When the xe_migrate_copy function attempts to co...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE addresses a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver within the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a kernel p...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE addresses a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver component of the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a ke...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver within the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a kernel p...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD GPU display driver within the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a kern...
Oct 21, 2024This vulnerability is a NULL pointer dereference in the AMD display driver component of the Linux kernel. It could cause a kernel panic or system cras...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver within the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a kernel p...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver component of the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a ke...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver within the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a kernel p...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver within the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a kernel p...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver within the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a kernel p...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE addresses a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD GPU display driver within the Linux kernel. The vulnerability occurs when the a...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE addresses a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver component of the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a ke...
Oct 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's lpfc SCSI driver allows local attackers to cause kernel crashes or denial of service. T...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE addresses a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver component of the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a ke...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's adp5589-keys input driver. If the driver's probe function fails earl...
Oct 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's memory management subsystem causes kernel panic when using memfd_pin_folios with transp...
Oct 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the MediaTek H264 stateless decoder driver in the Linux kernel can cause a kernel crash when frame buffer ...
Oct 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the MediaTek video decoder driver for H.264 multi stateless decoding in the Linux kernel can cause a kerne...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE-2024-47756 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's PCI keystone driver. The bug occurs when an incorrect logical op...
Oct 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's find_asymmetric_key() function could cause kernel panic (system crash) when all id para...
Oct 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's KVM subsystem for RISC-V allows a local attacker to crash the host kernel when a guest ...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver within the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a kernel p...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's block subsystem. If exploited, it could cause a kernel panic leading...
Oct 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's IPv6 routing subsystem. The flaw occurs when the rt6_uncached_list_f...
Oct 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's nilfs2 filesystem driver allows local attackers to crash the system (kernel panic) by a...
Oct 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's F2FS filesystem when handling discard operations on conventional zones of zoned block d...
Oct 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's TCP implementation allows denial of service attacks. The vulnerability occurs when tcp_...
Oct 21, 2024CVE-2024-47459 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in Substance3D Sampler that allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service by crashing the a...
Oct 17, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's DP83822/DP83825/DP83826 PHY driver allows kernel crashes when specific network interfac...
Sep 27, 2024This vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MediaTek MT7921 WiFi driver allows a NULL pointer dereference when disabling WiFi while IPv6 address changes ...
Sep 27, 2024This CVE addresses a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD GPU driver within the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a kernel panic...
Sep 27, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's tc358767 display bridge driver. It occurs when the driver signals a ...
Sep 27, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ACPI subsystem for ARM64 systems. If triggered, it could cause a ker...
Sep 27, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's iommufd subsystem allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of service) wh...
Sep 27, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's AMDKFD driver could cause kernel crashes or denial of service. This affects systems usi...
Sep 27, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver component of the Linux kernel. The vulnerability occurs when kca...
Sep 27, 2024An input validation vulnerability in the USB service module could allow attackers to cause denial of service conditions. This affects Huawei devices w...
Sep 27, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ASoC (Audio System on Chip) subsystem for Intel BYT/CHT boards. The ...
Sep 18, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ksmbd SMB server module allows attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of service) wh...
Sep 18, 2024About NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.
Our database tracks 1,266 CVEs classified as CWE-476, with 23 rated critical and 315 rated high severity. The average CVSS score for NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerabilities is 6.1.
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