Denial of service in ffi



Published: 2023-09-26
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID N/A
CWE-ID CWE-476
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Vendor ffi

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU81107

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID:

Exploit availability:

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error after fork. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ffi: 1.16.0 - 1.16.1

Fixed software versions

CPE2.3 External links

http://github.com/ffi/ffi/releases/tag/v1.16.2


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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