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CVE-2018-12680 Details

Description

The Serialize.deserialize() method in CoAPthon 3.1, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, and 4.0.2 mishandles certain exceptions, leading to a denial of service in applications that use this library (e.g., the standard CoAP server, CoAP client, CoAP reverse proxy, example collect CoAP server and client) when they receive crafted CoAP messages.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/Tanganelli/CoAPthon/issues/135	CVE	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/Tanganelli/CoAPthon/issues/135	[email protected]	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-502	Deserialization of Untrusted Data	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
coapthon project coapthon	3.1 4.0.0 4.0.1 4.0.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:coapthon_project:coapthon:3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:coapthon_project:coapthon:4.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:coapthon_project:coapthon:4.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:coapthon_project:coapthon:4.0.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Apr 4, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]