CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-21281

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2021-06-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-06-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-120

Description

Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for internet of things devices. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Contiki-NG versions prior to 4.6. After establishing a TCP socket using the tcp-socket library, it is possible for the remote end to send a packet with a data offset that is unvalidated. The problem has been patched in Contiki-NG 4.6. Users can apply the patch for this vulnerability out-of-band as a workaround.

Affected configurations

• contiki-ng contiki-ng (< 4.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness

References