CVE-2022-44792

net-snmp: NULL Pointer Exception when handling ipDefaultTTL

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · November 7, 2022

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in Net-SNMP. This issue occurs because the handle_ipDefaultTTL function in agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/ip_scalars.c in Net-SNMP has a NULL Pointer Exception flaw that allows a remote attacker (who has to write access) to cause the instance to crash via a crafted UDP packet, resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference