CVE-2021-42147 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer over-read vulnerability in the dtls_sha256_update function in Contiki-NG tinyDTLS through master branch 53a0d97 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted data packet.

Published: 2024-01-24

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:contiki-ng:tinydtls:2018-08-30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00354.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/20
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/20

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/20

Subscriptions

Contiki-ng Tinydtls

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:17:01.233Z

Reserved: 2021-10-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-42147

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:30:37.523Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-24T19:15:08.530

Modified: 2025-05-30T15:15:21.493

Link: CVE-2021-42147

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-125

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