NULL pointer dereference in RIOT-OS - CVE-2023-24818
Published: April 28, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU75585
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24818
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error during fragment forwarding. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
RIOT-OS
How to mitigate CVE-2023-24818
Install updates from vendor's website.
RIOT-OS - update to 2022.10
External References
- https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/security/advisories/GHSA-69h9-vj5r-xcg6
- https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/18817/commits/0bec3e245ed3815ad6c8cae54673f0021777768b
- https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/18820/commits/f4fb746d1acaacc962daeed3aa71aadfe307d20e
- https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/18817/commits/17c70f7ee0b1445f2941f516f264ed4a096e82b7
- https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/18817/commits/aa27ed71fa3e5d48dee1748dcf27b6323ec98a33
- https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/18820/commits/4b23d93868a28edd8ebf2ff4ebe94540f2475008
- https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/18820/commits/f4df5b4c4f841ccb460930894cf68ab10b55b971