Vulnerabilities > Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2018-02-08 CVE-2018-6836 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability in Wireshark
The netmonrec_comment_destroy function in wiretap/netmon.c in Wireshark through 2.4.4 performs a free operation on an uninitialized memory address, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
network
low complexity
wireshark CWE-763
critical
9.8
2018-01-24 CVE-2017-18075 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability in multiple products
crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.13 mishandles freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AF_ALG-based AEAD interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD) and pcrypt (CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCRYPT) to cause a denial of service (kfree of an incorrect pointer) or possibly have unspecified other impact by executing a crafted sequence of system calls.
local
low complexity
linux canonical CWE-763
7.8
2017-08-09 CVE-2017-0731 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability in Google Android
A elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Android media framework (mpeg4 encoder).
network
google CWE-763
6.8
2015-11-09 CVE-2015-2695 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability in multiple products
lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 relies on an inappropriate context handle, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer read and process crash) via a crafted SPNEGO packet that is mishandled during a gss_inquire_context call.
network
low complexity
mit oracle canonical debian opensuse suse CWE-763
5.0
2007-08-15 CVE-2007-4367 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability in Opera Browser
Opera before 9.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted Javascript that triggers a "virtual function call on an invalid pointer."
network
opera CWE-763
critical
9.3