CVE-2021-21282

Buffer overflow in RPL source routing header processing

State
Published
Severity
8.6 High
Published
Jun 18, 2021
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Reserved
Dec 22, 2020

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Description

Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for internet of things devices. In versions prior to 4.5, buffer overflow can be triggered by an input packet when using either of Contiki-NG's two RPL implementations in source-routing mode. The problem has been patched in Contiki-NG 4.5. Users can apply the patch for this vulnerability out-of-band as a workaround.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
contiki-ngcontiki-ng
  • < 4.5Affected

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