It's more complicated than that though. For security, the whole context has to be considered.
Like for example, look at the linked CVE-2025-12200, "NULL pointer dereference parsing config file"...
Please, explain a single dnsmasq setup where someone is somehow constructing a config file such that it both takes in untrusted input where this NPE is the difference between it being secure and being DoSd or insecure somehow, if you can even conjure up a plausible hypothetical way this could happen, I'd love to hear it, because this just seems so impossible to me.
This seems firmly in the realm of issuing CVEs for "post quantum crypto may not be safe from unknown alien attacks"
Like for example, look at the linked CVE-2025-12200, "NULL pointer dereference parsing config file"...
Please, explain a single dnsmasq setup where someone is somehow constructing a config file such that it both takes in untrusted input where this NPE is the difference between it being secure and being DoSd or insecure somehow, if you can even conjure up a plausible hypothetical way this could happen, I'd love to hear it, because this just seems so impossible to me.
This seems firmly in the realm of issuing CVEs for "post quantum crypto may not be safe from unknown alien attacks"