CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-27784

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Mar 16, 2023 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue found in TCPReplay v.4.4.3 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the read_hexstring function at the utils.c:309 endpoint.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Tcpreplay Broadcom 4.4.3 (including) 4.4.3 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References