Disputed service interruption via null date comparison
Published Apr 8, 2024 · Updated Jul 9, 2026
Null dereference in ThreeTen Backport 1.6.8 allows attackers to interrupt service through a null date comparison, according to the disputed report. LocalDate.compareTo(ChronoLocalDate) throws NullPointerException when its comparison argument is null. The maintainer states that this matches normal Java behavior and is not a security issue, while the CVE record remains disputed for lack of reasonable evidence.
Summary
What happened
Null dereference in ThreeTen Backport 1.6.8 allows attackers to interrupt service through a null date comparison, according to the disputed report. LocalDate.compareTo(ChronoLocalDate) throws NullPointerException when its comparison argument is null. The maintainer states that this matches normal Java behavior and is not a security issue, while the CVE record remains disputed for lack of reasonable evidence.
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- CVE
- CVE-2024-23081
- Published
- Apr 8, 2024
- Updated
- Jul 9, 2026
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- Unknown vendor
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- Unknown product
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- CWE-476
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- local
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- unauthenticated
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- Apr 8, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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