Stack-based buffer overflow in Texas Instruments products - CVE-2021-22673

 

Stack-based buffer overflow in Texas Instruments products - CVE-2021-22673

Published: May 3, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU52787
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22673
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Texas Instruments
Affected software:
SimpleLink MSP432E4 SDK
SimpleLink CC32XX SDK
SimpleLink CC13X0 SDK
SimpleLink CC13X2 SDK
SimpleLink CC26XX SDK
CC3200 SDK
CC3100 SDK

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing over-the-air firmware updates from the CDN server. A remote authenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-22673

Install updates from vendor's website.

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