AIDE null pointer dereference when reading incorrectly encoded xattr attributes from database (local DoS)
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.2epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 85% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. From versions 0.13 to 0.19.1, there is a null pointer dereference vulnerability in AIDE. An attacker can crash the program during report printing or database listing after setting extended file attributes with an empty attribute value or with a key containing a comma. A local user might exploit this to cause a local denial of service. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.2. A workaround involves removing xattrs group from rules matching files on affected file systems.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
aide · aideReferences
https://github.com/aide/aide/commit/54a6d0d9d5f14b81961d66373c0291bf4af4135ahttps://github.com/aide/aide/releases/tag/v0.19.2https://github.com/aide/aide/security/advisories/GHSA-79g7-f8rv-jcxhhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00011.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/14/8