NULL pointer dereference in Gecko Platform - CVE-2023-51391

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NULL pointer dereference in Gecko Platform - CVE-2023-51391

Published: April 18, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU88817
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-51391
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gecko Platform
Software vendor:
Silicon Labs

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 in the HTTP server header parsing functionality. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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