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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2020-5762

High
7.5/10

Summary

Grandstream HT800 series firmware version 1.0.17.5 and below is vulnerable to a denial of service attack against the TR-069 service. An unauthenticated remote attacker can stop the service due to a NULL pointer dereference in the TR-069 service. This condition is triggered due to mishandling of the HTTP Authentication field.

  • 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