Contiki-NG is an operating system for internet-of-things devices. In versions 4.9 and prior, when processing the various IPv6 header fields during IPHC header decompression, Contiki-NG confirms the received packet buffer contains enough data as needed for that field. But no similar check is done before decompressing the IPv6 address. Therefore, up to 16 bytes can be read out of bounds on the line with the statement `memcpy(&ipaddr->u8[16 - postcount], iphc_ptr, postcount);`. The value of `postcount` depends on the address compression used in the received packet and can be controlled by the attacker. As a result, an attacker can inject a packet that causes an out-of-bound read. As of time of publication, a patched version is not available. As a workaround, one can apply the changes in Contiki-NG pull request #2509 to patch the system.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-09-15T19:17:53.739Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:09:34.058Z

Reserved: 2023-06-29T19:35:26.441Z

Link: CVE-2023-37281

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-09-15T20:15:08.310

Modified: 2023-09-19T15:14:11.227

Link: CVE-2023-37281

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