A null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the CDB2SQLQUERY protocol buffer message handling of Bloomberg Comdb2 8.1. A specially crafted protocol buffer message can lead to a denial of service. An attacker can simply connect to a database instance over TCP and send the crafted message to trigger this vulnerability.
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
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https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2201 | exploit third party advisory |