CVE-2023-24825

Description

RIOT-OS, an operating system for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, contains a network stack with the ability to process 6LoWPAN frames. Prior to version 2023.04, an attacker can send a crafted frame to the device to trigger a NULL pointer dereference leading to denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 2023.04. There are no known workarounds.

References

https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/security/advisories/GHSA-xqm8-xj74-fjw2

https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/commit/0c522075445a62ce3102e141573ecc2788521897

https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/ccbb304eae7b59e8aca24a6ffd095b5b3f7720ee/sys/net/gnrc/pktbuf_static/gnrc_pktbuf_static.c#L169

https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/2022.10-branch/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/iphc/gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc.c#L761

https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/2022.10-branch/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/iphc/gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc.c#L729

https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/2022.10-branch/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/frag/rb/gnrc_sixlowpan_frag_rb.c#L429

https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/2022.10-branch/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/frag/rb/gnrc_sixlowpan_frag_rb.c#L416

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3