AnyDesk up to 9.0.4 null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in AnyDesk up to 9.0.4. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-27917. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in AnyDesk up to 9.0.4. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in AnyDesk for Windows before 9.0.5, AnyDesk for macOS before 9.0.1, AnyDesk for Linux before 7.0.0, AnyDesk for iOS before 7.1.2, and AnyDesk for Android before 8.0.0. Remote Denial of Service can occur because of incorrect deserialization that results in failed memory allocation and a NULL pointer dereference.

The advisory is available at anydesk.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-27917 since 03/10/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 298245 (AnyDesk < 9.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at anydesk.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (298245). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 298245
Nessus Name: AnyDesk < 9.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: anydesk.com

Timelineinfo

03/10/2025 CVE reserved
11/06/2025 +241 days Advisory disclosed
11/06/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/07/2026 +93 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: anydesk.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-27917 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-27917
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-331386

Entryinfo

Created: 11/06/2025 21:39
Updated: 02/07/2026 07:29
Changes: 11/06/2025 21:39 (53), 11/08/2025 21:04 (11), 12/08/2025 19:17 (1), 02/07/2026 07:29 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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