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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2018-4140

High
7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Telephony" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and reboot) via a Class 0 SMS message.

  • 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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  • Published