CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerabilities

IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty are vulnerable to denial of service in the WebSphere WebServer Plug-in component when an attacker can pass crafted requests to the web server.

There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in NI grpc-device in the data moniker service that may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by triggering a crash.  Successful exploitation requires an attacker to provide an unknown value to the data moniker service. This affects NI grpc-device 2.17.0 and prior versions.

pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. In versions 0.9.1 and below, pusb_is_loginctl_local() can cause a NULL dereference crash when parsing loginctl output. The function calls popen() and reads the result; if the Remote field is only a newline, fgets() succeeds but strtok_r(buf, "\n", &saveptr) returns NULL. A subsequent strcmp(is_remote, "no") then dereferences NULL, causing undefined behavior (typically SIGSEGV) and crashing the PAM module. This can crash the authenticating process (e.g., sudo, login) and, depending on PAM stack configuration, deny access for all users of the affected service. This issue has been fixed in version 0.9.2.

A null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in HAProxy versions up to 3.4.0 in the hpack_dht_insert() function. This occurs because the return value of hpack_dht_defrag() is not validated when the memory pool is exhausted, allowing an attacker to cause a denial of service by crashing HAProxy worker processes through HPACK dynamic table insertions under memory pressure.

In SignalRGB versions prior to 1.3.7.0, seven of the thirteen IOCTL handlers dereference the SystemBuffer pointer without first verifying that it is non-NULL. Sending an IOCTL with an empty input buffer causes a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a kernel crash.

A maliciously crafted RFA file, when converted to FormIt via “Convert RFA to FormIt” in Autodesk Revit, can force a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation may cause the application to crash, leading to a denial-of-service condition.

Null pointer dereference vulnerability in Avira Antivirus engine when scanning a malformed Windows PE file may allow Denial-of-Service of the antivirus engine process. This issue affects Avira Antivirus on Windows, macOS, and Linux for engine builds before 8.3.70.64.

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions: QTS 5.2.9.3492 build 20260507 and later QuTS hero h5.2.9.3499 build 20260514 and later QuTS hero h5.3.4.3500 build 20260520 and later QuTS hero h6.0.0.3459 build 20260409 and later

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect File Station 6. If a remote attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version: File Station 5 5.5.6.5208 and later

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 following versions: QTS 5.2.9.3410 build 20260214 and later QuTS hero h5.2.9.3410 build 20260214 and later QuTS hero h5.3.4.3500 build 20260520 and later QuTS hero h6.0.0.3397 build 20260206 and later

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect QTS, QVP, QuTS cloud and QuTS hero. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version: QTS 5.2.9.3410 build 20260214 and later QVP 2.7.4 and later QuTS cloud c5.2.9.3468 build 20260413 and later QuTS hero h5.2.9.3410 build 20260214 and later QuTS hero h5.3.4.3500 build 20260520 and later QuTS hero h6.0.0.3459 build 20260409 and later

ESF-IDF is the Espressif Internet of Things (IOT) Development Framework. In versions 5.2.6, 5.3.5, 5.4.4, 5.5.4, and 6.0, a NULL-pointer dereference exists in the WebSocket subprotocol-negotiation path of the esp_http_server component. While parsing the client-supplied Sec-WebSocket-Protocol request header during the WebSocket handshake, the tokenisation result is dereferenced without a NULL check, so a malformed header value can crash the server before any application-level authentication runs. This issue has been patched in versions 5.2.7, 5.3.6, 5.4.5, 5.5.5, and 6.0.1.

An authorized user could trigger a server crash by running a query with a 2dsphere index on a field that stores a GeoJSON GeometryCollection containing a Polygon with a strict-winding CRS. Strict-winding polygons are intentionally unsupported for indexing, but the guard that rejects them does not inspect members of a GeometryCollection, allowing the unsafe path to be reached which ends with an ensuing null-pointer dereference.

CVE-2026-9743 is a high-severity vulnerability in MongoDB Server 8.0. It involves a NULL pointer dereference in the aggregation pipeline processing. An authenticated user with permission to run aggregation pipelines can cause the server to crash by issuing a specially crafted aggregation followed by a getMore command on the same cursor, leading to denial of service.

Adobe InDesign Desktop versions up to 21.3 and 20.5.3 are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that can cause the application to crash, resulting in denial-of-service. Exploitation requires user interaction by opening a malicious file. The vulnerability does not impact confidentiality or integrity but affects availability.

InDesign Desktop versions 21.3, 20.5.3 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Null pointer dereference in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.

A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The dereference control plugin does not check for allocation failure before using a BER structure, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the LDAP server when the system is under memory pressure.

A flaw was found in Samba’s WINS server component when running as an Active Directory Domain Controller. The WINS protocol handlers for certain request types did not properly validate incoming packets, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and crash the WINS service using specially crafted UDP packets.

Improper input validation in the NI-PAL kernel driver may allow a local authenticated user to cause a denial of service by triggering a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability affects NI-PAL 26.3.0 and prior versions on Windows and Linux.