Vulnerability CVE-2017-8289


Published: 2017-04-26   Modified: 2017-04-27

Description:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ipv6_addr_from_str function in sys/net/network_layer/ipv6/addr/ipv6_addr_from_str.c in RIOT prior to 2017-04-25 allows local attackers, and potentially remote attackers, to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed IPv6 address.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Riot project -> RIOT 

 References:
https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/issues/6840
https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/6961
https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/6962

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