CVE-2020-17528
Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in TCP stack of Apache NuttX (incubating) versions up to and including 9.1.0 and 10.0.0 allows attacker to corrupt memory by supplying arbitrary urgent data pointer offsets within TCP packets including beyond the length…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in TCP stack of Apache NuttX (incubating) versions up to and including 9.1.0 and 10.0.0 allows attacker to corrupt memory by supplying arbitrary urgent data pointer offsets within TCP packets including beyond the length of the packet.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.17% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- apache/nuttx
- Source
- security@apache.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/09/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/09/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f4215aba288660b41b7e731b6262c8275fa476e91e527a74d2888ea%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.