Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-1249 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Pesign Project Pesign

047910
CVSS 3.3 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
LOW
local
low complexity
pesign-project
CWE-476

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in pesign's cms_set_pw_data() function of the cms_common.c file. The function fails to handle the NULL pwdata invocation from daemon.c, which leads to an explicit NULL dereference and crash on all attempts to daemonize pesign.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)