Use After Free in Contiki-Os Contiki
CVE-2017-7295
An issue was discovered in Contiki Operating System 3.0. A use-after-free vulnerability exists in httpd-simple.c in cc26xx-web-demo httpd, where upon a connection close event, the http_state structure was not deallocated properly, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference in the output processing function. This resulted in a board crash, which can be used to perform denial of service.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (64.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Contiki-Os Contiki — versions 3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- gist.github.com/jackmcbride/c9328627f1ee104ce84f3fb7eff42f1e (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-7295?
- CVE-2017-7295 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contiki-Os Contiki, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-05-28.
- How severe is CVE-2017-7295?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.