What is CVE-2018-16664?

CVE-2018-16664 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contiki-Ng Contiki-Ng., classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2018-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-16664?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Contiki-Ng Contiki-Ng.

CVE-2018-16664

An issue was discovered in Contiki-NG through 4.1. There is a buffer overflow in lvm_set_type in os/storage/antelope/lvm.c while parsing AQL (lvm_set_op, lvm_set_relation, lvm_set_operand).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (20.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Contiki-ng Contiki-ng.
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16664?: CVE-2018-16664 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contiki-Ng Contiki-Ng., classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2018-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-16664?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.