#fixed code
                                public static String getFileMD5(File file) {
        if (!file.isFile()) {
            return null;
        }
        MessageDigest digest = null;
        FileInputStream in = null;
        byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
        int len;
        try {
            digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
            in = new FileInputStream(file);
            while ((len = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
                digest.update(buffer, 0, len);
            }
            BigInteger bigInt = new BigInteger(1, digest.digest());
            return bigInt.toString(16);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        } finally {
            try {
                if (in != null) {
                    in.close();
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

    }
#vulnerable code 
                                public static String getFileMD5(File file) {
        if (!file.isFile()) {
            return null;
        }
        MessageDigest digest = null;
        FileInputStream in = null;
        byte buffer[] = new byte[8192];
        int len;
        try {
            digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
            in = new FileInputStream(file);
            while ((len = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
                digest.update(buffer, 0, len);
            }
            BigInteger bigInt = new BigInteger(1, digest.digest());
            return bigInt.toString(16);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        } finally {
            try {
                in.close();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

    } 
                            #location 22 
                            #vulnerability type NULL_DEREFERENCE