Denial of service in moby

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU101382

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36620

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in daemon/images/image_history.go. A local user can trigger crash the application.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

moby: 25.0.0 - 26.0.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:moby:moby:25.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:moby:moby:26.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://gist.github.com/1047524396/f08816669701ab478a265a811d2c89b2
https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v26.0.2/daemon/images/image_history.go#L48
https://github.com/moby/moby/commit/ab570ab3d62038b3d26f96a9bb585d0b6095b9b4

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.