CVE-2021-21410

Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for Next-Generation IoT devices. An out-of-bounds read can be triggered by 6LoWPAN packets sent to devices running Contiki-NG 4.6 and prior. The IPv6 header decompression function (<code>uncompress_hdr_iphc</code>) does not perform proper boundary checks when reading from the packet buffer. Hence, it is possible to construct a compressed 6LoWPAN packet that will read more bytes than what is available from the packet buffer. As of time of publication, there is not a release with a patch available. Users can apply the patch for this vulnerability out-of-band as a workaround.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2021-21410

• Assigner
• security-advisories@github.com

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2021-06-18T21:15:07

• Last Modified Date
• 2021-06-24T19:27:44

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• LOW

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• PARTIAL

• Integrity Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• PARTIAL

• Base Score
• 6.4

• Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 10

• Impact Score
• 4.9

• Version
• 3.1

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

• Attack Vector
• NETWORK

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• HIGH

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 9.1

• Base Severity
• CRITICAL

• Exploitability Score
• 3.9

• Impact Score
• 5.2