CWE-476
AllowedNULL Pointer Dereference
Abstraction: Base · Status: Stable
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
6310 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-V99R-49F4-6C26
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-11 15:30 – Updated: 2026-02-12 15:32A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect Qsync Central. 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: Qsync Central 5.0.0.4 ( 2026/01/20 ) and later
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"severity": "LOW"
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"details": "A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability has been reported to affect Qsync Central. If a remote attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.\n\nWe have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version:\nQsync Central 5.0.0.4 ( 2026/01/20 ) and later",
"id": "GHSA-v99r-49f4-6c26",
"modified": "2026-02-12T15:32:42Z",
"published": "2026-02-11T15:30:25Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53598"
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"url": "https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-26-02"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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GHSA-V9F5-PCXP-6WVP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-22 18:30 – Updated: 2025-10-22 18:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mfd: davinci_voicecodec: Fix possible null-ptr-deref davinci_vc_probe()
It will cause null-ptr-deref when using 'res', if platform_get_resource() returns NULL, so move using 'res' after devm_ioremap_resource() that will check it to avoid null-ptr-deref. And use devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource() to simplify code.
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-02-26T07:01:19Z",
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmfd: davinci_voicecodec: Fix possible null-ptr-deref davinci_vc_probe()\n\nIt will cause null-ptr-deref when using \u0027res\u0027, if platform_get_resource()\nreturns NULL, so move using \u0027res\u0027 after devm_ioremap_resource() that\nwill check it to avoid null-ptr-deref.\nAnd use devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource() to simplify code.",
"id": "GHSA-v9f5-pcxp-6wvp",
"modified": "2025-10-22T18:30:31Z",
"published": "2025-10-22T18:30:31Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49435"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d00158a06efe6bbcd020108634ea0f2ed8b32f7"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/311242c7703df0da14c206260b7e855f69cb0264"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49c1e32e7b3f301642a60448700ec531df981269"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5289795824b77489803b0802cd9edc13824a2d0b"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/579944b9f38727d9ff570b58f83bc424e8af8398"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1d4941d9a24999f680799f9bbde7f57351ca637"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-V9FJ-G635-P6MJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-18 21:31 – Updated: 2025-03-18 21:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/virtio: Ensure that objs is not NULL in virtio_gpu_array_put_free()
If virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init() fails (e.g. due to fault injection, as it happened in the bug report by syzbot), virtio_gpu_array_put_free() could be called with objs equal to NULL.
Ensure that objs is not NULL in virtio_gpu_array_put_free(), or otherwise return from the function.
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/virtio: Ensure that objs is not NULL in virtio_gpu_array_put_free()\n\nIf virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init() fails (e.g. due to fault injection, as it\nhappened in the bug report by syzbot), virtio_gpu_array_put_free() could be\ncalled with objs equal to NULL.\n\nEnsure that objs is not NULL in virtio_gpu_array_put_free(), or otherwise\nreturn from the function.",
"id": "GHSA-v9fj-g635-p6mj",
"modified": "2025-03-18T21:31:58Z",
"published": "2025-03-18T21:31:58Z",
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b79f96f4a23846516e5e6e4dd37fc06f43a60dd"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abc9ad36df16e27ac1c665085157f1a082d39bac"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac92b474eeeed75b8660374ba1d129a121c09da8"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b094fece3810c71ceee6f0921676cb65d4e68c5a"
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GHSA-V9GV-MWP4-WX7G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-07 15:31 – Updated: 2025-04-07 18:30An attacker can publish a zone containing specific Resource Record Sets. Processing and caching results for these sets can lead to an illegal memory accesses and crash of the Recursor, causing a denial of service.
The remedy is: upgrade to the patched 5.2.1 version.
We would like to thank Volodymyr Ilyin for bringing this issue to our attention.
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-07T14:15:24Z",
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"details": "An attacker can publish a zone containing specific Resource Record Sets. Processing and caching results for these sets can lead to an illegal memory accesses and crash of the Recursor, causing a denial of service.\n\nThe remedy is: upgrade to the patched 5.2.1 version.\n\nWe would like to thank Volodymyr Ilyin for bringing this issue to our attention.",
"id": "GHSA-v9gv-mwp4-wx7g",
"modified": "2025-04-07T18:30:46Z",
"published": "2025-04-07T15:31:21Z",
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2025-01.html"
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"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/07/1"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-V9H7-8M32-FRWV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:29 – Updated: 2022-10-27 19:00A vulnerability in the RESTCONF and NETCONF-YANG access control list (ACL) function of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of the ACL that is tied to the RESTCONF or NETCONF-YANG feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the device using RESTCONF or NETCONF-YANG. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
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"nvd_published_at": "2020-09-24T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "A vulnerability in the RESTCONF and NETCONF-YANG access control list (ACL) function of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of the ACL that is tied to the RESTCONF or NETCONF-YANG feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the device using RESTCONF or NETCONF-YANG. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.",
"id": "GHSA-v9h7-8m32-frwv",
"modified": "2022-10-27T19:00:33Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:29:26Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3407"
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"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-confacl-HbPtfSuO"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-V9HG-QC3R-826H
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-10 21:32 – Updated: 2026-03-10 21:32Substance3D - Painter versions 11.1.2 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, causing disruption to services. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
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"details": "Substance3D - Painter versions 11.1.2 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, causing disruption to services. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.",
"id": "GHSA-v9hg-qc3r-826h",
"modified": "2026-03-10T21:32:16Z",
"published": "2026-03-10T21:32:16Z",
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"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_painter/apsb26-25.html"
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GHSA-V9PW-X7P2-VVRX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-03 09:30 – Updated: 2025-11-20 21:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: phy: clear phydev->devlink when the link is deleted
There is a potential crash issue when disabling and re-enabling the network port. When disabling the network port, phy_detach() calls device_link_del() to remove the device link, but it does not clear phydev->devlink, so phydev->devlink is not a NULL pointer. Then the network port is re-enabled, but if phy_attach_direct() fails before calling device_link_add(), the code jumps to the "error" label and calls phy_detach(). Since phydev->devlink retains the old value from the previous attach/detach cycle, device_link_del() uses the old value, which accesses a NULL pointer and causes a crash. The simplified crash log is as follows.
[ 24.702421] Call trace: [ 24.704856] device_link_put_kref+0x20/0x120 [ 24.709124] device_link_del+0x30/0x48 [ 24.712864] phy_detach+0x24/0x168 [ 24.716261] phy_attach_direct+0x168/0x3a4 [ 24.720352] phylink_fwnode_phy_connect+0xc8/0x14c [ 24.725140] phylink_of_phy_connect+0x1c/0x34
Therefore, phydev->devlink needs to be cleared when the device link is deleted.
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: phy: clear phydev-\u003edevlink when the link is deleted\n\nThere is a potential crash issue when disabling and re-enabling the\nnetwork port. When disabling the network port, phy_detach() calls\ndevice_link_del() to remove the device link, but it does not clear\nphydev-\u003edevlink, so phydev-\u003edevlink is not a NULL pointer. Then the\nnetwork port is re-enabled, but if phy_attach_direct() fails before\ncalling device_link_add(), the code jumps to the \"error\" label and\ncalls phy_detach(). Since phydev-\u003edevlink retains the old value from\nthe previous attach/detach cycle, device_link_del() uses the old value,\nwhich accesses a NULL pointer and causes a crash. The simplified crash\nlog is as follows.\n\n[ 24.702421] Call trace:\n[ 24.704856] device_link_put_kref+0x20/0x120\n[ 24.709124] device_link_del+0x30/0x48\n[ 24.712864] phy_detach+0x24/0x168\n[ 24.716261] phy_attach_direct+0x168/0x3a4\n[ 24.720352] phylink_fwnode_phy_connect+0xc8/0x14c\n[ 24.725140] phylink_of_phy_connect+0x1c/0x34\n\nTherefore, phydev-\u003edevlink needs to be cleared when the device link is\ndeleted.",
"id": "GHSA-v9pw-x7p2-vvrx",
"modified": "2025-11-20T21:30:30Z",
"published": "2025-07-03T09:30:35Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38149"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/034bc4a2a72dea2cfcaf24c6bae03c38ad5a0b87"
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GHSA-V9VH-VJ86-FH3J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-09 18:30 – Updated: 2025-10-09 18:30A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the PFE management daemon (evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on ACX7024, ACX7024X, ACX7100-32C, ACX7100-48L, ACX7348, ACX7509 devices allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a
Denial-of-Service (DoS).
Whenever specific valid multicast traffic is received on any layer 3 interface the evo-pfemand process crashes and restarts.
Continued receipt of specific valid multicast traffic results in a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) attack. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved on ACX7024, ACX7024X, ACX7100-32C, ACX7100-48L, ACX7348, ACX7509:
- from 23.2R2-EVO before 23.2R2-S4-EVO,
- from 23.4R1-EVO before 23.4R2-EVO.
This issue affects IPv4 and IPv6.
This issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved ACX7024, ACX7024X, ACX7100-32C, ACX7100-48L, ACX7348, ACX7509 versions before 23.2R2-EVO.
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"id": "GHSA-v9vh-vj86-fh3j",
"modified": "2025-10-09T18:30:36Z",
"published": "2025-10-09T18:30:36Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59967"
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"url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA103156"
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GHSA-V9VQ-7M9C-H738
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-21 18:30 – Updated: 2024-10-24 03:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: Add NULL check for function pointer in dcn401_set_output_transfer_func
This commit adds a null check for the set_output_gamma function pointer in the dcn401_set_output_transfer_func function. Previously, set_output_gamma was being checked for null, but then it was being dereferenced without any null check. This could lead to a null pointer dereference if set_output_gamma is null.
To fix this, we now ensure that set_output_gamma is not null before dereferencing it. We do this by adding a null check for set_output_gamma before the call to set_output_gamma.
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-10-21T18:15:13Z",
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/amd/display: Add NULL check for function pointer in dcn401_set_output_transfer_func\n\nThis commit adds a null check for the set_output_gamma function pointer\nin the dcn401_set_output_transfer_func function. Previously,\nset_output_gamma was being checked for null, but then it was being\ndereferenced without any null check. This could lead to a null pointer\ndereference if set_output_gamma is null.\n\nTo fix this, we now ensure that set_output_gamma is not null before\ndereferencing it. We do this by adding a null check for set_output_gamma\nbefore the call to set_output_gamma.",
"id": "GHSA-v9vq-7m9c-h738",
"modified": "2024-10-24T03:30:50Z",
"published": "2024-10-21T18:30:57Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49910"
},
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8ee900b92b6526cf84275b49a473155ad75c70e"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd340acd42c24a3f28dd22fae6bf38662334264c"
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GHSA-V9WX-3HGC-C95M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-10 09:32 – Updated: 2025-11-20 18:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: prevent a NULL deref in rtnl_create_link()
At the time rtnl_create_link() is running, dev->netdev_ops is NULL, we must not use netdev_lock_ops() or risk a NULL deref if CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is defined.
Use netif_set_group() instead of dev_set_group().
RIP: 0010:netdev_need_ops_lock include/net/netdev_lock.h:33 [inline] RIP: 0010:netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:41 [inline] RIP: 0010:dev_set_group+0xc0/0x230 net/core/dev_api.c:82 Call Trace: rtnl_create_link+0x748/0xd10 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3674 rtnl_newlink_create+0x25c/0xb00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3813 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3940 [inline] rtnl_newlink+0x16d6/0x1c70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4055 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6944 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x75b/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339 netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-38271"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-476"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-07-10T08:15:25Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: prevent a NULL deref in rtnl_create_link()\n\nAt the time rtnl_create_link() is running, dev-\u003enetdev_ops is NULL,\nwe must not use netdev_lock_ops() or risk a NULL deref if\nCONFIG_NET_SHAPER is defined.\n\nUse netif_set_group() instead of dev_set_group().\n\n RIP: 0010:netdev_need_ops_lock include/net/netdev_lock.h:33 [inline]\n RIP: 0010:netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:41 [inline]\n RIP: 0010:dev_set_group+0xc0/0x230 net/core/dev_api.c:82\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n rtnl_create_link+0x748/0xd10 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3674\n rtnl_newlink_create+0x25c/0xb00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3813\n __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3940 [inline]\n rtnl_newlink+0x16d6/0x1c70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4055\n rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6944\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534\n netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]\n netlink_unicast+0x75b/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339\n netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]",
"id": "GHSA-v9wx-3hgc-c95m",
"modified": "2025-11-20T18:31:00Z",
"published": "2025-07-10T09:32:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38271"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a29ae8428a5c26f0b4471c2057d9e9415c53109"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/feafc73f3e6ae73371777a037d41d2e31c929636"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-56
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 [REF-1484].
Mitigation
Select a programming language that is not susceptible to these issues.
Mitigation
Check the results of all functions that return a value and verify that the value is non-null before acting upon it.
Mitigation
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.
Mitigation
Explicitly initialize all variables and other data stores, either during declaration or just before the first usage.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.