Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-2551 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os

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

paloaltonetworks

CWE-476

NVD

Published: 2024-11-14

Updated: 2025-01-24

Summary

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker to stop a core system service on the firewall by sending a crafted packet through the data plane that causes a denial of service (DoS) condition. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition result in the firewall entering maintenance mode.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
OS	Paloaltonetworks Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.2.0 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.2.1 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.2.2 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.2.3 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.2.4 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.1.0 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.1.1 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.1.2 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.1.3 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.1.5 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.1.6 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.1.7 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.1.8 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.1.9 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.1.10 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.1.11 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 10.1.12 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 11.0.0 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 11.0.1 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 11.0.2 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 11.0.3 Paloaltonetworks PAN OS 11.0.4	74

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-2551