CVE-2021-28362

Published Mar 24, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Contiki through 3.0. When sending an ICMPv6 error message because of invalid extension header options in an incoming IPv6 packet, there is an attempt to remove the RPL extension headers. Because the packet length and the extension header length are unchecked (with respect to the available data) at this stage, and these variables are susceptible to integer underflow, it is possible to construct an invalid extension header that will cause memory corruption issues and lead to a Denial-of-Service condition. This is related to rpl-ext-header.c.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-15046 An issue was discovered in Contiki through 3.0. When sending an ICMPv6 error message because of invalid extension header options in an incoming IPv6 packet, there is an attempt to remove the RPL extension headers. Because the packet length and the extension header length are unchecked (with respect to the available data) at this stage, and these variables are susceptible to integer underflow, it is possible to construct an invalid extension header that will cause memory corruption issues and lead to a Denial-of-Service condition. This is related to rpl-ext-header.c.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 9:40 PM
Reserved
Mar 13, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 24, 2021, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:46 AM