CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
BaseStableExploit Likelihood: Medium🏆 #11 in Top 25 (2024)
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
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15.34Severity Score
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🏆 CWE Top 25 Historical Ranking
2023:#12
Score: 6.59
1,587 CVEs
2024:#11↑1
Score: 15.34
1,625 CVEs
Trend:Worsening (moved down 1 ranks)
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