The Problem A common coding error in a CrowdStrike Falcon update caused critical system outages around the world starting on Friday July 19th 2024. The culprit? A Null Pointer Dereference (also known as CWE-476) in a piece of C++ program that ran with privileged access to the Windows operating system.  X posters offered all kinds of hypothesis on the…

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Mark Hermeling

Source: Security Boulevard
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