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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2017-7243

High
7.5/10

Summary

Eclipse tinydtls 0.8.2 for Eclipse IoT allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DTLS peer crash) by sending a "Change cipher spec" packet without pre-handshake.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published