What is CVE-2018-16665?

CVE-2018-16665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Contiki-Ng Contiki-Ng., classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-16665?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Contiki-Ng Contiki-Ng.

CVE-2018-16665

An issue was discovered in Contiki-NG through 4.1. There is a buffer overflow while parsing AQL in lvm_shift_for_operator in os/storage/antelope/lvm.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (22.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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-2018-16665?: CVE-2018-16665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Contiki-Ng Contiki-Ng., classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-16665?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.