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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2025-59351

Severity Low
Score 2.7/10

Summary

Dragonfly is an open-source P2P-based file distribution and image acceleration system. In versions prior to 2.1.1, the first return value of a function is dereferenced even when the function returns an error. This can result in a nil dereference and cause code to panic.

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  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
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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