CWE-690 Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference
compoundThe product does not check for an error after calling a function that can return with a NULL pointer if the function fails, which leads to a resultant NULL pointer dereference.
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| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
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| CVE-2020-8547US | critical9.8 | Exploit | ||
phpList 3.5.0 allows type juggling for admin login bypass because == is used instead of === for password hashes, which mishandles hashes that begin with 0e followed by exclusively… | ||||
| CVE-2007-1804US | high7.8 | Exploit | ||
PulseAudio 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via (1) a PA_PSTREAM_DESCRIPTOR_LENGTH value of FRAME_SIZE_MAX_ALLOW sent on TCP port 9875, whi… | ||||
| CVE-2010-3114US | high10.0 | — | ||
The text-editing implementation in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.127, and webkitgtk before 1.2.6, does not check a node type before performing a cast, which has unspecified impact a… | ||||
| CVE-2006-1523US | high10.0 | — | ||
The __group_complete_signal function in the RCU signal handling (signal.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.16, and possibly other versions, has unknown impact and attack vectors related to imp… | ||||
| CVE-2021-21479US | critical9.1 | — | ||
In SCIMono before 0.0.19, it is possible for an attacker to inject and execute java expression compromising the availability and integrity of the system. | ||||
| CVE-2007-6745US | critical9.8 | — | ||
clamav 0.91.2 suffers from a floating point exception when using ScanOLE2. | ||||
| CVE-2015-1792US | medium5.0 | Exploit | ||
The do_free_upto function in crypto/cms/cms_smime.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zg, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0s, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1n, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2b allows remote attackers to cause a… | ||||
| CVE-2026-24411US | high8.8 | — | ||
iccDEV provides libraries and tools for interacting with, manipulating, and applying ICC color management profiles. Versions 2.3.1.1 and below have Undefined Behavior in CIccTagXml… | ||||
| CVE-2026-24410US | high8.8 | — | ||
iccDEV provides libraries and tools for interacting with, manipulating, and applying ICC color management profiles. Versions 2.3.1.1 and below have Undefined Behavior and Null Poin… | ||||
| CVE-2026-24409US | high8.8 | — | ||
iccDEV provides libraries and tools for interacting with, manipulating, and applying ICC color management profiles. Versions 2.3.1.1 and below have Undefined Behavior and Null Poin… | ||||
| CVE-2026-24404US | high8.8 | — | ||
iccDEV provides libraries and tools for interacting with, manipulating, and applying ICC color management profiles. In versions 2.3.1.1 and below, CIccXmlArrayType() contains a Nul… | ||||
| CVE-2022-20682US | high8.6 | — | ||
A vulnerability in the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol processing of Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controller Software for the Catalyst 9000 Family cou… | ||||
| CVE-2026-23009US | medium5.5 | Exploit | ||
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xhci: sideband: don't dereference freed ring when removing sideband endpoint
xhci_sideband_remove_endpoint() i… | ||||
| CVE-2020-13582US | high7.5 | — | ||
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the HTTP Server functionality of Micrium uC-HTTP 3.01.00. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to denial of service. An attacker ca… | ||||
| CVE-2020-6095US | high7.5 | — | ||
An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the GstRTSPAuth functionality of GStreamer/gst-rtsp-server 1.14.5. A specially crafted RTSP setup request can cause a null… | ||||
| CVE-2015-9217US | high7.8 | — | ||
In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD… | ||||
| CVE-2012-2967US | high7.5 | — | ||
Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin before 4.0.29, does not properly implement the == (equals sign equals sign) operator for comparisons, which has unspecified impact and conte… | ||||
| CVE-2026-24160US | high7.5 | — | ||
NVIDIA TRT-LLM for any platform contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause an unchecked return value to a null pointer dereference. A successful exploit of this vulner… | ||||
| CVE-2024-31196US | high7.5 | — | ||
Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Open Networking Foundation (ONF) libfluid (libfluid_msg module). This vulnerability is associated with program r… | ||||
| CVE-2024-31185US | high7.5 | — | ||
Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Open Networking Foundation (ONF) libfluid (libfluid_msg module). This vulnerability is associated with program r… | ||||
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