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 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MSM DSI (Display Serial Interface) driver. The vulnerability occurs ...
Jun 20, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's mlx5e network driver allows a local attacker to cause a kernel panic (system crash) by ...
Jun 20, 2024This vulnerability is a NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's InfiniBand hfi1 driver that can cause a kernel panic during early initializatio...
Jun 20, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's mxsfb DRM driver. When exploited, it can cause kernel crashes or pot...
Jun 20, 2024This vulnerability in the Linux kernel causes a kernel panic when both KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) and kprobes are enabled on ARM32 systems. The ...
Jun 20, 2024A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MPTCP implementation allows local attackers to crash the kernel when TCP_ULP setsockopt...
Jun 19, 2024A Linux kernel vulnerability in the MPTCP (Multipath TCP) subsystem allows local users to crash the kernel through a NULL pointer dereference. When MP...
Jun 19, 2024A null-pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's libbpf library allows local attackers to cause denial of service (system crash) when lo...
Jun 19, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's lib/test_hmm.c module. If memory allocation fails during device evic...
Jun 19, 2024A null-pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's atomisp media subsystem allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of servi...
Jun 19, 2024Adobe Audition versions 24.2, 23.6.4 and earlier contain a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by tr...
Jun 13, 2024CVE-2024-22524 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in dnspod-sr DNS software that could allow attackers to crash the service or potentially execute arb...
Jun 6, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) subsystem for ARM64 architecture. When handling GICv...
May 30, 2024A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's SPI subsystem allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of service) by reu...
May 30, 2024A race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's BPF subsystem allows a NULL pointer dereference when processing socket messages. This can cause k...
May 30, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's powerpc/pseries/iommu code causes kernel panics during system boot when a frozen PCI Ex...
May 30, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's IPv6 routing subsystem allows attackers to cause a kernel panic (system crash) through ...
May 30, 2024This Linux kernel vulnerability causes a 'Freepointer corrupt' detection when freeing single memory objects with specific kernel configurations enable...
May 30, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel that could cause a kernel panic or system crash. It affects Linux syst...
May 30, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the ARM Mali Display Processor (MaliDP) driver of the Linux kernel. If exploited, it co...
May 29, 2024A race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's block multi-queue (blk-mq) subsystem can cause a NULL pointer dereference when destroying storage...
May 24, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) queuing discipline allows local attackers to caus...
May 24, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's SMC (Shared Memory Communications) networking subsystem. When exploi...
May 24, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the mt7915 wireless driver in the Linux kernel allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of s...
May 24, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's HID bigbenff driver. When emulating the device through uhid, the dri...
May 24, 2024This Linux kernel vulnerability occurs when IPv4 packets are encapsulated in IPv6+SRH headers, causing the receiving interface index to be cleared fro...
May 24, 2024This CVE-2024-36011 is a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth HCI subsystem. It could allow local attackers to cause...
May 23, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MSM DRM driver. An attacker could potentially cause a kernel panic o...
May 22, 2024This CVE describes a kernel crash vulnerability in the Linux kernel's USB MUSB driver for DSPS platforms. When the probe function fails during device ...
May 22, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Hantro video processing driver could cause kernel panics or system crashes. This affect...
May 21, 2024This vulnerability in the Linux kernel's cp2112 HID driver involves duplicate workqueue initialization during IRQ startup, which can trigger a kernel ...
May 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's lt8912b display bridge driver. When the bridge detaches (e.g., durin...
May 21, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's DRM panel driver. If exploited, it could cause a kernel panic or sys...
May 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's libfc module, specifically in the fc_lport_ptp_setup() function. If ...
May 21, 2024This CVE is a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD GPU driver within the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a kernel panic or sys...
May 21, 2024A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ALSA HDA subsystem allows local attackers to crash the system or potentially escalate p...
May 21, 2024A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's wangxun network driver causes kernel panic when devices use custom subsystem vendor IDs...
May 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's vcc driver. If kstrdup() fails during vcc_probe(), the system could ...
May 21, 2024A race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's s390/dasd driver allows concurrent access to the device queue during profiling operations. This c...
May 21, 2024A Linux kernel vulnerability in filesystem attribute handling causes a NULL pointer dereference when vfs_getattr_nosec() incorrectly calls vfs_getattr...
May 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB) subsystem allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic and...
May 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver component of the Linux kernel. An attacker could potentially cau...
May 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's pinctrl-single driver. If exploited, it could cause a kernel panic o...
May 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Radeon graphics driver. If exploited, it could cause a kernel panic ...
May 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's network scheduler allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of service) by...
May 21, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation. It allow...
May 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ixgbe network driver allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of service)...
May 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's w83792d hardware monitoring driver. When specific conditions are met...
May 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD SFH (Sensor Fusion Hub) driver in the Linux kernel. The vulnerability occurs wh...
May 21, 2024A race condition in the Linux kernel's USB connector GPIO driver causes a NULL pointer dereference when an OTG cable is connected during system boot. ...
May 21, 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 1,270 CVEs classified as CWE-476, with 23 rated critical and 319 rated high severity. The average CVSS score for NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerabilities is 6.1.
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