NULL pointer dereference in OpenSLP - CVE-2016-4912
Published: March 27, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39364
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-2016-4912
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. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a large number of crafted packets, which triggers a memory allocation failure.
Affected software
OpenSLP
Fedora
openslp
Fedora
openslp
How to mitigate CVE-2016-4912
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
openslp - addressed in versions 2.0.0-6.fc22, 2.0.0-8.fc23, 2.0.0-9.fc24