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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2023-43279

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability present in "mask_cidr6" component of the "cidr.c" file in tcpreplay package versions prior to 4.5.0-beta1, allows attackers to crash the application via crafted "tcprewrite" command.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • 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