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NULL Pointer DereferenceWeakness · CWE-476

CVE-2024-39132

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-06-27
Mitigation only
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72/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in DumpTS v0.1.0-nightly allows attackers to cause a denial of service via the function VerifyCommandLine() at /src/DumpTS.cpp.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the VerifyCommandLine() function in DumpTS v0.1.0-nightly. Attackers can cause a denial of service by triggering the NULL pointer dereference through specially crafted command-line input.

MitigationImplement proper NULL pointer validation in the VerifyCommandLine() function before dereferencing any pointers. Input validation should verify all pointers are non-NULL before use.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Identify if DumpTS is installed
    Search for the DumpTS binary in common locations such as /usr/bin/dumpts, /usr/local/bin/dumpts, or check via command: which dumpts or find / -name 'dumpts' 2>/dev/null
    Affected if DumpTS binary is found on the system
  2. Determine the installed version
    Run dumpts --version or dumpts -v to display version information. If the binary accepts help flags, try dumpts --help or dumpts -h
    Affected if Version output shows v0.1.0-nightly or a nightly build around version 0.1.0
  3. Verify command-line input can be provided
    Test that dumpts accepts command-line arguments by running dumpts with any flag or argument, such as dumpts --help
    Affected if The application accepts and processes command-line arguments without immediate error
  4. Check for NULL pointer behavior
    Run dumpts with various malformed or unexpected command-line inputs and observe if the application crashes or segfaults. Examples: dumpts '', dumpts ' ', or dumpts with missing required arguments
    Affected if Application crashes, hangs, or produces a segmentation fault when processing certain command-line inputs

The environment is affected if DumpTS version 0.1.0-nightly is installed and accepts command-line input, as the NULL pointer dereference in VerifyCommandLine() can be triggered by specially crafted arguments.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper NULL pointer validation in the VerifyCommandLine() function before dereferencing any pointers. Input validation should verify all pointers are non-NULL before use.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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