What is CVE-2018-16667?

CVE-2018-16667 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contiki-Ng Contiki-Ng., classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2018-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-16667?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Contiki-Ng Contiki-Ng.

CVE-2018-16667

An issue was discovered in Contiki-NG through 4.1. There is a buffer over-read in lookup in os/storage/antelope/lvm.c while parsing AQL (lvm_register_variable, lvm_set_variable_value, create_intersection, create_union).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (20.5th 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-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16667?: CVE-2018-16667 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contiki-Ng Contiki-Ng., classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2018-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-16667?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.