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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2024-55511

Severity High
Score 7.8/10

Summary

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in Macrium Reflect prior to 8.1.8017 allows a local attacker to cause a system crash or potentially elevate their privileges via executing a specially crafted executable.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • 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