NULL Pointer DereferenceWeakness · CWE-476

CVE-2025-0430

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-01-17
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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
Belledonne Communications Linphone-Desktop is vulnerable to a NULL Dereference vulnerability, which could allow a remote attacker to create a denial-of-service condition.

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

Linphone-Desktop contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that can be triggered remotely, causing the application to crash and result in a denial-of-service condition. The vulnerability exists in the desktop client of the VoIP softphone application developed by Belledonne Communications.

MitigationApply the vendor-supplied patch when available; in the interim, implement proper null-pointer validation before dereferencing pointers in the affected code paths and consider network-level filtering to limit attack surface.

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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. Verify Linphone-Desktop is installed
    Check common installation directories or use system package managers: Windows (Program Files\Linphone or %APPDATA%\linphone), macOS (/Applications/Linphone.app or ~/Library/Application Support/Linphone), Linux (which linphone or dpkg -l | grep linphone)
    Affected if Linphone-Desktop is present on the system
  2. Determine installed version
    Run 'linphone --version' from command line, or right-click the Linphone application icon and select 'About', or check the version in the application's settings menu under 'About' or 'Information'
    Affected if Version cannot be determined or is earlier than the patched release
  3. Check for network/SIP configuration enabled
    Examine Linphone's account settings or SIP configuration: look for registered SIP accounts, enabled SIP transport (UDP/TCP/TLS), or active registration status in the application's main window or configuration files (linphonerc or ~/.linphonerc)
    Affected if A SIP account is registered or SIP transport is enabled, allowing remote triggering of the vulnerability
  4. Review application logs for crashes
    Check Linphone's log directory (typically ~/.cache/linphone/logs or %LOCALAPPDATA%\Linphone\logs) for recent crash logs or error entries containing 'NULL' or 'pointer' keywords around the time of unexpected application exits
    Affected if Recent crash logs show null pointer dereference or segmentation fault errors

User is affected if Linphone-Desktop is installed with a version prior to the vendor patch and has SIP/network features enabled, allowing remote attackers to trigger the NULL pointer dereference causing denial of service.

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

Apply the vendor-supplied patch when available; in the interim, implement proper null-pointer validation before dereferencing pointers in the affected code paths and consider network-level filtering to limit attack surface.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
10.0 hours of engineering $1,750
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