NULL Pointer Dereference
CWE-476
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
We track 682 vulnerabilities of this type. 100% are rated high or critical, and the average CVSS score is 7.7. 1 has been exploited in real attacks.
How this weakness is prevented
- Implementation: For any pointers that could have been modified or provided from a function that can return NULL, check the pointer for NULL before use. When working with a multithreaded or otherwise asynchronous environment, ensure that proper locking APIs are used to lock before the check, and unlock when it has finished.
- Requirements: Select a programming language that is not susceptible to these issues.
- Implementation: Check the results of all functions that return a value and verify that the value is non-null before acting upon it.
- Architecture and Design: Identify all variables and data stores that receive information from external sources, and apply input validation to make sure that they are only initialized to expected values.
- Implementation: Explicitly initialize all variables and other data stores, either during declaration or just before the first usage.
Latest NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerabilities
- 7.5 High severity
Owntone Server: NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference in the parse_meta function (src/httpd_daap.c) of owntone-server commit 334beb allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via sending a crafted DAAP request to the server.
- 7.5 High severity
Owntone Server: NULL Pointer Dereference
NULL pointer dereference in the dacp_reply_playqueueedit_clear function in src/httpd_dacp.c in owntone-server through commit 6d604a1 (newer commit after version 28.12) allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service (crash).
- 7.5 High severity
Owntone Server: NULL Pointer Dereference
NULL pointer dereference in the daap_reply_groups function in src/httpd_daap.c in owntone-server through commit 5e6f19a (newer commit after version 28.2) allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service.
- 7.5 High severity
HarfBuzz::Shaper: NULL Pointer Dereference
HarfBuzz::Shaper versions before 0.032 for Perl contains a bundled library with a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Versions before 0.032 contain HarfBuzz 8.4.0 or earlier bundled as hb_src.tar.gz in the source tarball, which is affected by CVE-2026-2269
- 7.5 High severity
TL-WR841N v14: NULL Pointer Dereference
A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the referer header check of the web portal of TP-Link TL-WR841N v14, caused by improper input validation. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw and cause Denial of Service on the web portal
- 7.5 High severity
Windows 10 Version 1607: NULL Pointer Dereference
Null pointer dereference in Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
- 8.8 High severity
Linux: NULL Pointer Dereference
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: Revert "scsi: qla2xxx: Perform lockless command completion in abort path" This reverts commit 0367076b0817d5c75dfb83001ce7ce5c64d803a9. The commit being reverted added code to __qla2x00_
- 7.5 High severity
Linux: NULL Pointer Dereference
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: Reset t_task_cdb pointer in error case If allocation of cmd->t_task_cdb fails, it remains NULL but is later dereferenced in the 'err' path. In case of error, reset NULL t_task_cd
- 7.5 High severity
Apache Mynewt NimBLE: NULL Pointer Dereference
NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Apache Nimble. Missing validation of HCI connection complete or HCI command TX buffer could lead to NULL pointer dereference. This issue requires disabled asserts and broken or bogus Bluetooth controller and thus sever
- 7.5 High severity
Fluidsynth: NULL Pointer Dereference
fluidsynth-2.4.6 and earlier versions is vulnerable to Null pointer dereference in fluid_synth_monopoly.c, that can be triggered when loading an invalid midi file.
- 7.5 High severity
WA1200: NULL Pointer Dereference
A vulnerability has been found in TOTOLINK WA1200 5.9c.2914. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file cstecgi.cgi of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack is possible to be carried out
- 7.5 High severity
Trend Micro Apex Central: NULL Pointer Dereference
A message unchecked NULL return value vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow a remote attacker to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations. Please note: authentication is not required in order to exploit this vulnerability.
- 8.8 High severity
iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools that allow for the interaction, manipulation, and…
iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools that allow for the interaction, manipulation, and application of International Color Consortium (ICC) color management profiles. Versions prior to 2.3.1.2 have a Type Confusion vulnerability in `SIccCalcOp::ArgsPush
- 7.5 High severity
iccDEV: NULL Pointer Dereference
iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools that allow for the interaction, manipulation, and application of International Color Consortium (ICC) color management profiles. Versions prior to 2.3.1.2 have a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. This vulnerab
- 8.8 High severity
iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools for working with ICC color management profiles.
iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools for working with ICC color management profiles. Versions 2.3.1.1 and below are prone to have Undefined Behavior (UB) and Out of Memory errors. This issue is fixed in version 2.3.1.2.
- 7.5 High severity
Unrtf: NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference in the src/path.c component of GNU Unrtf v0.21.10 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via injecting a crafted payload into the search_path parameter.
- 7.5 High severity
PHP: NULL Pointer Dereference
In PHP versions 8.1.* before 8.1.34, 8.2.* before 8.2.30, 8.3.* before 8.3.29, 8.4.* before 8.4.16, 8.5.* before 8.5.1 when using the PDO PostgreSQL driver with PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES enabled, an invalid character sequence (such as \x99) in a prepared stat
- 7.5 High severity
PACS Server: NULL Pointer Dereference
Sante PACS Server HTTP Content-Length Header Handling NULL Pointer Dereference Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Sante PACS Server. Authentication is
- 7.5 High severity
Upf: NULL Pointer Dereference
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the omec-project UPF (pfcpiface component) in version upf-epc-pfcpiface:2.1.3-dev. When the UPF receives a PFCP Session Report Response that is missing the mandatory Cause Information Element, the session report hand
- 7.5 High severity
Upf: NULL Pointer Dereference
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the omec-project UPF (pfcpiface component) in version upf-epc-pfcpiface:2.1.3-dev. After PFCP association is established, a PFCP Session Establishment Request that is missing the mandatory F-SEID (CPF-SEID) Informati
- 7.5 High severity
Upf: NULL Pointer Dereference
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the omec-upf (upf-epc-pfcpiface) in version upf-epc-pfcpiface:2.1.3-dev. When the UPF receives a PFCP Association Setup Request that is missing the mandatory Recovery Time Stamp Information Element, the association s
- 7.5 High severity
Upf: NULL Pointer Dereference
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the omec-project UPF (component upf-epc/pfcpiface) up to at least version upf-epc-pfcpiface:2.1.3-dev. When the UPF receives a PFCP Association Setup Request that is missing the mandatory NodeID Information Element,
- 7.5 High severity
RIOT: NULL Pointer Dereference
RIOT is an open-source microcontroller operating system, designed to match the requirements of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other embedded devices. A vulnerability was discovered in the IPv6 fragmentation reassembly implementation of RIOT OS v2025.07.
- 7.5 High severity
sipgo: NULL Pointer Dereference
SIPGO is a library for writing SIP services in the GO language. Starting in version 0.3.0 and prior to version 1.0.0-alpha-1, a nil pointer dereference vulnerability is in the SIPGO library's `NewResponseFromRequest` function that affects all normal SIP operat
- 7.5 High severity
QTS: NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. The remote attackers can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the foll
- 7.8 High severity
PDF Editor: NULL Pointer Dereference
An issue was discovered in Foxit PDF and Editor for Windows and macOS before 13.2 and 2025 before 2025.2. When pages in a PDF are deleted via JavaScript, the application may fail to properly update internal states. Subsequent annotation management operations a
- 7.8 High severity
PDF Editor: NULL Pointer Dereference
An issue was discovered in Foxit PDF and Editor for Windows before 13.2 and 2025 before 2025.2. When pages in a PDF are deleted via JavaScript, the application may fail to properly update internal states. Subsequent annotation management operations assume thes
- 7.5 High severity
Pdf-xchange Editor: NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the util.readFileIntoStream component of PDF-XChange Editor v10.7.3.401 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input.
- 7.5 High severity
Pdf-xchange Editor: NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the importDataObject() function of PDF-XChange Editor v10.7.3.401 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input.
- 7.5 High severity
Exynos 1280 Firmware: NULL Pointer Dereference
An issue was discovered in Camera in Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos 1280 and 2200. Unnecessary registration of a hardware IP address in the Camera device driver can lead to a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service.
- 7.5 High severity
Antivirus: NULL Pointer Dereference
NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Avast Antivirus on MacOS, Avast Anitvirus on Linux when scanning a malformed Windows PE file causes the antivirus process to crash.This issue affects Antivirus: 16.0.0; Anitvirus: 3.0.3.
- 7.5 High severity
suricata: NULL Pointer Dereference
Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions from 8.0.0 to before 8.0.2, a NULL dereference can occur when the entropy keyword is used in conjunction with bas
- 7.5 High severity
Libcoap: NULL Pointer Dereference
NULL pointer dereference in get_san_or_cn_from_cert() in src/coap_openssl.c in OISM libcoap 4.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted X.509 certificate that causes sk_GENERAL_NAME_value() to return NULL.
- 7.5 High severity
Libcoap: NULL Pointer Dereference
NULL pointer dereference in src/coap_openssl.c in OISM libcoap 4.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted DTLS/TLS connection that triggers BIO_get_data() to return NULL.
- 7.5 High severity
mlx: NULL Pointer Dereference
MLX is an array framework for machine learning on Apple silicon. Prior to version 0.29.4, there is a segmentation fault in mlx::core::load_gguf() when loading malicious GGUF files. Untrusted pointer from external gguflib library is dereferenced without validat
- 7.5 High severity
Iec104: NULL Pointer Dereference
A null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in airpig2011 IEC104 thru Commit be6d841 (2019-07-08). When multiple threads enqueue elements concurrently via IEC10X_PrioEnQueue, the function may dereference a null or freed queue pointer, resulting in a segmen
- 8.7 High severity
GNU libbmicrohttpd: NULL Pointer Dereference
NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in GNU libmicrohttpd v1.0.2 and earlier. The vulnerability was fixed in commit ff13abc on the master branch of the libmicrohttpd Git repository, after the v1.0.2 tag. A specially crafted packet sent by an attacker
- 7.5 High severity
Anydesk: NULL Pointer Dereference
An issue was discovered in AnyDesk for Windows before 9.0.5, AnyDesk for macOS before 9.0.1, AnyDesk for Linux before 7.0.0, AnyDesk for iOS before 7.1.2, and AnyDesk for Android before 8.0.0. Remote Denial of Service can occur because of incorrect deserializa
- 7.5 High severity
Lasso: NULL Pointer Dereference
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the lasso_provider_verify_saml_signature functionality of Entr'ouvert Lasso 2.5.1. A specially crafted SAML response can lead to a denial of service. An attacker can send a malformed SAML response to trigger this
- 7.5 High severity
Exynos 1280 Firmware: NULL Pointer Dereference
An issue was discovered in the NPU driver in Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos 1280, 2200, 1380, 1480, 2400, 1580, 2500. There is a NULL Pointer Dereference of hdev in the __npu_vertex_bootup function.