VYPR

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

BaseStableLikelihood: Medium

Description

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

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CVEs mapped to this weakness (1,024)

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CVE-2017-6298Hig0.517.80.00Feb 24, 2017An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch described as "1 of 9. Null Pointer Deref / calloc return value not checked."
CVE-2016-4780Hig0.517.80.00Feb 20, 2017An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Thunderbolt" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.
CVE-2016-4678Hig0.517.80.00Feb 20, 2017An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "AppleSMC" component. It allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2017-0323Hig0.517.80.00Feb 15, 2017All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where a NULL pointer dereference caused by invalid user input may lead to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
CVE-2017-0315Hig0.517.80.00Feb 15, 2017All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where an attempt to access an invalid object pointer may lead to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
CVE-2016-7080Hig0.517.80.00Dec 29, 2016The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9 on OS X allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7079.
CVE-2016-7079Hig0.517.80.00Dec 29, 2016The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9 on OS X allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7080.
CVE-2016-8814Hig0.517.80.00Dec 16, 2016All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape where multiple pointers are used without checking for NULL, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
CVE-2016-8813Hig0.517.80.00Dec 16, 2016All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape where multiple pointers are used without checking for NULL, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
CVE-2016-9313Hig0.517.80.00Nov 28, 2016security/keys/big_key.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7 mishandles unsuccessful crypto registration in conjunction with successful key-type registration, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that uses the big_key data type.
CVE-2016-4777Hig0.517.80.01Sep 25, 2016The kernel in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted app.
CVE-2016-4724Hig0.517.80.00Sep 25, 2016IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple iOS before 10 and OS X before 10.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.
CVE-2016-4696Hig0.517.80.00Sep 25, 2016AppleEFIRuntime in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.
CVE-2016-3070Hig0.517.80.00Aug 6, 2016The trace_writeback_dirty_page implementation in include/trace/events/writeback.h in the Linux kernel before 4.4 improperly interacts with mm/migrate.c, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a certain page move.
CVE-2016-4627Hig0.517.80.00Jul 22, 2016IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, tvOS before 9.2.2, and watchOS before 2.2.2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2016-4626Hig0.517.80.00Jul 22, 2016IOHIDFamily in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, OS X before 10.11.6, tvOS before 9.2.2, and watchOS before 2.2.2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2014-7826Hig0.517.80.00Nov 10, 2014kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall numbers during use of the ftrace subsystem, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted application.
CVE-2011-2525Hig0.517.80.00Feb 2, 2012The qdisc_notify function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not prevent tc_fill_qdisc function calls referencing builtin (aka CQ_F_BUILTIN) Qdisc structures, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted call.
CVE-2011-1771Hig0.517.80.00Sep 6, 2011The cifs_close function in fs/cifs/file.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact by setting the O_DIRECT flag during an attempt to open a file on a CIFS filesystem.
CVE-2011-1887Hig0.517.80.01Jul 13, 2011win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS11-054, aka "Win32k Null Pointer De-reference Vulnerability."