NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting pymumu/smartdns package, versions [,45)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.46% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PYMUMUSMARTDNS-7232136
  • published10 Jun 2024
  • disclosed6 Jun 2024
  • creditreggae5821

Introduced: 6 Jun 2024

CVE-2024-24199  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pymumu/smartdns to version 45 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference due to the misalignment in the dns.c file. An attacker can cause the application to crash or behave unpredictably by sending specially crafted DNS requests.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1