NULL pointer dereference in Suricata - CVE-2025-59150

 

NULL pointer dereference in Suricata - CVE-2025-59150

Published: October 3, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU116440
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-59150
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

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


Affected software

Suricata

How to mitigate CVE-2025-59150

Install updates from vendor's website.

Suricata - update to 8.0.1

External References

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