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Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-908

Allowed

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Abstraction: Base · Status: Incomplete

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

960 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-6M3J-PCG3-CX2R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-08 03:30 – Updated: 2025-01-08 03:30
VLAI
Details

Vulnerability of variables not being initialized in the notification module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-56446"
  ],
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      "CWE-457",
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-01-08T03:15:10Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Vulnerability of variables not being initialized in the notification module\nImpact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.",
  "id": "GHSA-6m3j-pcg3-cx2r",
  "modified": "2025-01-08T03:30:24Z",
  "published": "2025-01-08T03:30:24Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56446"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2025/1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6PW8-5P8J-M67X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-13 00:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 03:25
VLAI
Details

An issue was discovered in SecurePoint UTM before 12.2.5.1. The firewall's endpoint at /spcgi.cgi allows information disclosure of memory contents to be achieved by an authenticated user. Essentially, uninitialized data can be retrieved via an approach in which a sessionid is obtained but not used.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-22897"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-04-12T23:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in SecurePoint UTM before 12.2.5.1. The firewall\u0027s endpoint at /spcgi.cgi allows information disclosure of memory contents to be achieved by an authenticated user. Essentially, uninitialized data can be retrieved via an approach in which a sessionid is obtained but not used.",
  "id": "GHSA-6pw8-5p8j-m67x",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T03:25:44Z",
  "published": "2023-04-13T00:30:48Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22897"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/MrTuxracer/advisories/blob/master/CVEs/CVE-2023-22897.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://rcesecurity.com"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171928/SecurePoint-UTM-12.x-Memory-Leak.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Apr/8"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6Q37-HH76-6RV4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-02 00:01 – Updated: 2022-09-08 00:00
VLAI
Details

A flaw was found in vDPA with VDUSE backend. There are currently no checks in VDUSE kernel driver to ensure the size of the device config space is in line with the features advertised by the VDUSE userspace application. In case of a mismatch, Virtio drivers config read helpers do not initialize the memory indirectly passed to vduse_vdpa_get_config() returning uninitialized memory from the stack. This could cause undefined behavior or data leaks in Virtio drivers.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-2308"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-09-01T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A flaw was found in vDPA with VDUSE backend. There are currently no checks in VDUSE kernel driver to ensure the size of the device config space is in line with the features advertised by the VDUSE userspace application. In case of a mismatch, Virtio drivers config read helpers do not initialize the memory indirectly passed to vduse_vdpa_get_config() returning uninitialized memory from the stack. This could cause undefined behavior or data leaks in Virtio drivers.",
  "id": "GHSA-6q37-hh76-6rv4",
  "modified": "2022-09-08T00:00:30Z",
  "published": "2022-09-02T00:01:02Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2308"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2103900"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6V28-C2X2-8P46

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:16 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:16
VLAI
Details

In all versions of Node.js 10 prior to 10.9.0, an argument processing flaw can cause Buffer.alloc() to return uninitialized memory. This method is intended to be safe and only return initialized, or cleared, memory. The third argument specifying encoding can be passed as a number, this is misinterpreted by Buffer's internal "fill" method as the start to a fill operation. This flaw may be abused where Buffer.alloc() arguments are derived from user input to return uncleared memory blocks that may contain sensitive information.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-7166"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-08-21T12:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In all versions of Node.js 10 prior to 10.9.0, an argument processing flaw can cause `Buffer.alloc()` to return uninitialized memory. This method is intended to be safe and only return initialized, or cleared, memory. The third argument specifying `encoding` can be passed as a number, this is misinterpreted by `Buffer\u0027s` internal \"fill\" method as the `start` to a fill operation. This flaw may be abused where `Buffer.alloc()` arguments are derived from user input to return uncleared memory blocks that may contain sensitive information.",
  "id": "GHSA-6v28-c2x2-8p46",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:16:08Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:16:08Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7166"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2553"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/august-2018-security-releases"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6W5Q-CG43-PM5X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-15 21:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 04:52
VLAI
Details

In readSampleData of NuMediaExtractor.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to uninitialized data. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13Android ID: A-275418191

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-21127"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-06-15T19:15:09Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In readSampleData of NuMediaExtractor.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to uninitialized data. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13Android ID: A-275418191",
  "id": "GHSA-6w5q-cg43-pm5x",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T04:52:21Z",
  "published": "2023-06-15T21:30:24Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21127"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-06-01"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6WH2-MPVP-28Q3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:01 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:01
VLAI
Details

An exploitable uninitialized variable vulnerability exists in the RTF-parsing functionality of Atlantis Word Processor 3.2.6 version. A specially crafted RTF file can leverage an uninitialized stack address, resulting in an out-of-bounds write, which in turn could lead to code execution.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-3975"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-10-01T20:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "An exploitable uninitialized variable vulnerability exists in the RTF-parsing functionality of Atlantis Word Processor 3.2.6 version. A specially crafted RTF file can leverage an uninitialized stack address, resulting in an out-of-bounds write, which in turn could lead to code execution.",
  "id": "GHSA-6wh2-mpvp-28q3",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:01:49Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:01:49Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3975"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0641"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6WP2-FW3V-MFMC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-08-25 20:57 – Updated: 2021-08-24 18:54
VLAI
Summary
Memory corruption in array-tools
Details

An issue was discovered in the array-tools crate before 0.3.2 for Rust. Affected versions of this crate don't guard against panics, so that partially uninitialized buffer is dropped when user-provided T::clone() panics in FixedCapacityDequeLike<T, A>::clone(). This causes memory corruption.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "array-tools"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.3.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-36452"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908",
      "CWE-909"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-08-18T20:24:55Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-08-08T06:15:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in the array-tools crate before 0.3.2 for Rust. Affected versions of this crate don\u0027t guard against panics, so that partially uninitialized buffer is dropped when user-provided `T::clone()` panics in `FixedCapacityDequeLike\u003cT, A\u003e::clone()`. This causes memory corruption.\n",
  "id": "GHSA-6wp2-fw3v-mfmc",
  "modified": "2021-08-24T18:54:26Z",
  "published": "2021-08-25T20:57:19Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36452"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/L117/array-tools/issues/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/L117/array-tools"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/array-tools/RUSTSEC-2020-0132.md"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0132.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Memory corruption in array-tools"
}

GHSA-6X3J-FQGG-3HQR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-08-25 00:00 – Updated: 2022-08-26 00:03
VLAI
Details

In PVRSRVBridgeHeapCfgHeapDetails, there is a possible leak of kernel heap content due to uninitialized data. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android SoCAndroid ID: A-236848165

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-0698"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-08-24T14:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In PVRSRVBridgeHeapCfgHeapDetails, there is a possible leak of kernel heap content due to uninitialized data. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android SoCAndroid ID: A-236848165",
  "id": "GHSA-6x3j-fqgg-3hqr",
  "modified": "2022-08-26T00:03:34Z",
  "published": "2022-08-25T00:00:28Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-0698"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-08-01"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6X6V-877J-V9FV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-19 18:31 – Updated: 2026-01-09 15:30
VLAI
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

f2fs: fix KMSAN uninit-value in extent_info usage

KMSAN reported a use of uninitialized value in __is_extent_mergeable() and __is_back_mergeable() via the read extent tree path.

The root cause is that get_read_extent_info() only initializes three fields (fofs, blk, len) of struct extent_info, leaving the remaining fields uninitialized. This leads to undefined behavior when those fields are accessed later, especially during extent merging.

Fix it by zero-initializing the extent_info struct before population.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-38579"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-19T17:15:35Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: fix KMSAN uninit-value in extent_info usage\n\nKMSAN reported a use of uninitialized value in `__is_extent_mergeable()`\n and `__is_back_mergeable()` via the read extent tree path.\n\nThe root cause is that `get_read_extent_info()` only initializes three\nfields (`fofs`, `blk`, `len`) of `struct extent_info`, leaving the\nremaining fields uninitialized. This leads to undefined behavior\nwhen those fields are accessed later, especially during\nextent merging.\n\nFix it by zero-initializing the `extent_info` struct before population.",
  "id": "GHSA-6x6v-877j-v9fv",
  "modified": "2026-01-09T15:30:22Z",
  "published": "2025-08-19T18:31:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38579"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01b6f5955e0008af6bc3a181310d2744bb349800"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08e8ab00a6d20d5544c932ee85a297d833895141"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/154467f4ad033473e5c903a03e7b9bca7df9a0fa"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44a79437309e0ee2276ac17aaedc71253af253a8"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc1615d5aba4f396cf412579928539a2b124c8a0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dabfa3952c8e6bfe6414dbf32e8b6c5f349dc898"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e68b751ec2b15d866967812c57cfdfc1eba6a269"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-72GM-6QCQ-3XMP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-04 18:30 – Updated: 2025-02-03 15:31
VLAI
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

asix: fix uninit-value in asix_mdio_read()

asix_read_cmd() may read less than sizeof(smsr) bytes and in this case smsr will be uninitialized.

Fail log: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_mdio_read+0x3c1/0xb00 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 asix_mdio_read+0x3c1/0xb00 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-47101"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-03-04T18:15:08Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nasix: fix uninit-value in asix_mdio_read()\n\nasix_read_cmd() may read less than sizeof(smsr) bytes and in this case\nsmsr will be uninitialized.\n\nFail log:\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline]\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_mdio_read+0x3c1/0xb00 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497\n asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline]\n asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497\n asix_mdio_read+0x3c1/0xb00 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497",
  "id": "GHSA-72gm-6qcq-3xmp",
  "modified": "2025-02-03T15:31:59Z",
  "published": "2024-03-04T18:30:39Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47101"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8035b1a2a37a29d8c717ef84fca8fe7278bc9f03"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d259f621c85949f30cc578cac813b82bb5169f56"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Mitigation
Implementation

Explicitly initialize the resource before use. If this is performed through an API function or standard procedure, follow all required steps.

Mitigation
Implementation

Pay close attention to complex conditionals that affect initialization, since some branches might not perform the initialization.

Mitigation
Implementation

Avoid race conditions (CWE-362) during initialization routines.

Mitigation
Build and Compilation

Run or compile the product with settings that generate warnings about uninitialized variables or data.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.