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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2023-41358

Severity High
Score 7.5/10

Summary

An Null Pointer Dereferencing vulnerability is discovered in FRRouting FRR prior to 8.5.3, 9.x prior to 9.0.1, and 9.1-dev. "bgpd/bgp_packet.c" processes NLRIs if the attribute length is zero.

  • 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.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published