Description
Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for Next-Generation IoT devices. An out-of-bounds read can be caused by an incoming DIO message when using the RPL-Lite implementation in the Contiki-NG operating system. More specifically, the prefix information of the DIO message contains a field that specifies the length of an IPv6 address prefix. The value of this field is not validated, which means that an attacker can set a value that is longer than the maximum prefix length. Subsequently, a memcmp function call that compares different prefixes can be called with a length argument that surpasses the boundary of the array allocated for the prefix, causing an out-of-bounds read. The problem has been patched in the "develop" branch of Contiki-NG, and is expected to be included in the next release. Users are advised to update as soon as they are able to or to manually apply the changes in Contiki-NG pull request #2721.
Published: 2024-02-14
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-55657 Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for Next-Generation IoT devices. An out-of-bounds read can be caused by an incoming DIO message when using the RPL-Lite implementation in the Contiki-NG operating system. More specifically, the prefix information of the DIO message contains a field that specifies the length of an IPv6 address prefix. The value of this field is not validated, which means that an attacker can set a value that is longer than the maximum prefix length. Subsequently, a memcmp function call that compares different prefixes can be called with a length argument that surpasses the boundary of the array allocated for the prefix, causing an out-of-bounds read. The problem has been patched in the "develop" branch of Contiki-NG, and is expected to be included in the next release. Users are advised to update as soon as they are able to or to manually apply the changes in Contiki-NG pull request #2721.
History

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Contiki-ng
Contiki-ng contiki-ng
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:contiki-ng:contiki-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Contiki-ng
Contiki-ng contiki-ng

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Contiki-ng Contiki-ng
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:23:44.103Z

Reserved: 2023-12-15T20:57:23.174Z

Link: CVE-2023-50926

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:23:44.103Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-14T20:15:45.163

Modified: 2025-01-06T15:30:54.840

Link: CVE-2023-50926

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