CVE-2024-41125
contiki-ng vulnerability - contiki-ng
Description
Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for IoT devices. An out-of-bounds read of 1 byte can be triggered when sending a packet to a device running the Contiki-NG operating system with SNMP enabled. The SNMP module is disabled in the default Contiki-NG configuration. The vulnerability exists in the os/net/app-layer/snmp/snmp-ber.c module, where the function snmp_ber_decode_string_len_buffer decodes the string length from a received SNMP packet. In one place, one byte is read from the buffer, without checking that the buffer has another byte available, leading to a possible out-of-bounds read. The problem has been patched in Contiki-NG pull request #2936. It will be included in the next release of Contiki-NG. Users are advised to apply the patch manually or to wait for the next release. A workaround is to disable the SNMP module in the Contiki-NG build configuration.
Affected Systems
| Vendor | contiki-ng |
| Product | contiki-ng |
| Affected Versions | through 4.9 |
| CWE ID | CWE-125 |
Mitigation
Apply the latest security patches from the vendor, restrict network exposure where applicable, and monitor for exploitation attempts.
Fix Instructions
Refer to the vendor advisory and apply the latest security updates. See references for detailed patching instructions.
References
Risk Assessment
CVSS: 8.3/10
| Exploit Available | Unknown |
| Patch Available | Yes |
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