Integer overflow in Texas Instruments products - CVE-2021-22675

 

Integer overflow in Texas Instruments products - CVE-2021-22675

Published: May 3, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU52788
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22675
CWE-ID: CWE-190
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 user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow while parsing malformed over-the-air firmware update files. A remote administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer 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-2021-22675

Install updates from vendor's website.

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