Mercedes Benz Head-Unit NTG6 Profile Settings null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mercedes Benz Head-Unit NTG6. Affected is an unknown function of the component Profile Settings Handler. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-34400. The attack can be executed directly on the physical device. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mercedes Benz Head-Unit NTG6 (version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Profile Settings Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Mercedes-Benz head-unit NTG6 contains functions to import or export profile settings over USB. In case of parsing file, service try to define header inside the file and convert it to null-terminated string. If character is missed, will return null pointer.

The advisory is available at securelist.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-34400 since 06/05/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-38478). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

06/05/2023 🔍
02/14/2025 +620 days 🔍
02/14/2025 +0 days 🔍
01/07/2026 +327 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securelist.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-34400 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-34400
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-295778
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/14/2025 08:28
Updated: 01/07/2026 09:51
Changes: 02/14/2025 08:28 (53), 03/19/2025 03:13 (1), 01/07/2026 09:51 (1)
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