NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting project-chip/connectedhomeip package, versions [0,]
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- published19 Dec 2024
- disclosed18 Dec 2024
- creditBoB13-Matter
Introduced: 18 Dec 2024
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A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the TCPBase::ProcessSingleMessage function. An attacker can cause the application to crash by sending TCP packets with zero messageSize.