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pesign — security advisory
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in pesign's cms_set_pw_data() function of the cms_common.c file. The function fails to handle the NULL pwdata invocation from daemon.c, which leads to an explicit NULL dereference and crash on all attempts to daemonize pesign.
- Products
- pesign
- Affected versions
- 0.110-2, 0.112-4, 0.112-5, 0.112-6, 116-6, 116-7, 116-8, 116-8.1, 116-8.1build1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-1249
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in pesign's cms_set_pw_data() function of the cms_common.c file. The function fails to handle the NULL pwdata invocation from daemon.c, which leads to an explicit NULL dereference and crash on all attempts to daemonize pesign.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1249
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Complete source record
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