CVE-2024-31175
Memory Safety in Opennetworking Libfluid Msg 0.1.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LSummary
CVE-2024-31175 is a medium-severity Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-690) vulnerability in Opennetworking Libfluid Msg. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Endpoint Denial of Service (T1499); ranked at the 43th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-29079
Vulnerability Data
Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Open Networking Foundation (ONF) libfluid (libfluid_msg module). This vulnerability is associated with program routine fluid_msg::of13::TablePropertiesList::unpack. This issue affects libfluid: 0.1.0.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover missing NULL checks on function returns that may dereference.
Requiring documented development standards and tools can enforce mandatory error-return checking before dereference.
Engineering principles can mandate defensive coding such as explicit null checks before dereference.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly include static analysis, code review, and error-handling standards that prevent unchecked return values.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development can detect missing NULL checks before release.
Secure SDLC mandates error-handling and input-validation practices that reduce unchecked return values.
Application security requirements include defensive coding rules that address missing NULL checks.
Secure architecture principles require robust error handling and pointer validation.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unchecked return values leading to NULL dereference.