NULL pointer dereference in AIDE - CVE-2025-54409
Published: August 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114476
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-54409
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: AIDE
Affected software:
AIDE
AIDE
Detailed vulnerability 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. A remote attacker can crash the program during report printing or database listing after setting extended file attributes with an empty attribute value or with a key containing a comma.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-54409
Install update from vendor's website.