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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2024-6157

Severity Medium
Score 5.1/10

Summary

An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could cause the robot to stop. A vulnerability exists in the PROFINET stack included in the RobotWare versions listed below.  This vulnerability arises under specific condition when specially crafted message is processed by the system. Below are reported vulnerabilities in the Robot Ware versions. * IRC5- RobotWare 6 < 6.15.06 except 6.10.10, and 6.13.07

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • 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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published