CVE-2019-8359

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 23, 2020 at 12:33 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:41 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsContiki-NGContiki

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

An issue was discovered in Contiki-NG through 4.3 and Contiki through 3.0. An out of bounds write is present in the data section during 6LoWPAN fragment re-assembly in the face of forged fragment offsets in os/net/ipv6/sicslowpan.c.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/pull/972
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/releases/tag/release%2Fv4.4
x_refsource_MISCTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec20summer_clements_prepub.pdf

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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