CVE-2024-48983

Published Nov 20, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in MBed OS 6.16.0. During processing of HCI packets, the software dynamically determines the length of the packet data by reading 2 bytes from the packet header. A buffer is then allocated to contain the entire packet, the size of which is calculated as the length of the packet body determined earlier plus the header length. WsfMsgAlloc then increments this again by sizeof(wsfMsg_t). This may cause an integer overflow that results in the buffer being significantly too small to contain the entire packet. This may cause a buffer overflow of up to 65 KB . This bug is trivial to exploit for a denial of service but can generally not be exploited further because the exploitable buffer is dynamically allocated.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mbed
Mbed mbed
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:mbed:mbed:6.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mbed
Mbed mbed
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Arm
Arm mbed
Weaknesses CWE-190
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:arm:mbed:6.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Arm
Arm mbed
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue was discovered in MBed OS 6.16.0. During processing of HCI packets, the software dynamically determines the length of the packet data by reading 2 bytes from the packet header. A buffer is then allocated to contain the entire packet, the size of which is calculated as the length of the packet body determined earlier plus the header length. WsfMsgAlloc then increments this again by sizeof(wsfMsg_t). This may cause an integer overflow that results in the buffer being significantly too small to contain the entire packet. This may cause a buffer overflow of up to 65 KB . This bug is trivial to exploit for a denial of service but can generally not be exploited further because the exploitable buffer is dynamically allocated.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Nov 25, 2024, 9:04 PM
Reserved
Oct 11, 2024, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 20, 2024, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:59 AM