What is CVE-2018-16666?

CVE-2018-16666 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contiki-Ng Contiki-Ng., classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-16666?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Contiki-Ng Contiki-Ng.

CVE-2018-16666

An issue was discovered in Contiki-NG through 4.1. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in next_string in os/storage/antelope/aql-lexer.c while parsing AQL (parsing next string).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (26.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16666?: CVE-2018-16666 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contiki-Ng Contiki-Ng., classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-16666?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.