What is CVE-2020-13984?

CVE-2020-13984 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contiki-os Contiki, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2020-13984?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Contiki-os Contiki

CVE-2020-13984

An issue was discovered in Contiki through 3.0. An infinite loop exists in the uIP TCP/IP stack component when processing IPv6 extension headers in ext_hdr_options_process in net/ipv6/uip6.c.

EPSS: 0.017 (74.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Contiki-os Contiki
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13984?: CVE-2020-13984 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contiki-os Contiki, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2020-13984?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.