Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-7458 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Ntop Ntopng

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
ntop
CWE-476

Summary

The NetworkInterface::getHost function in NetworkInterface.cpp in ntopng before 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty field that should have contained a hostname or IP address.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Ntop
5

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)