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CVE-2021-28362 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in Contiki through 3.0. When sending an ICMPv6 error message because of invalid extension header options in an incoming IPv6 packet, there is an attempt to remove the RPL extension headers. Because the packet length and the extension header length are unchecked (with respect to the available data) at this stage, and these variables are susceptible to integer underflow, it is possible to construct an invalid extension header that will cause memory corruption issues and lead to a Denial-of-Service condition. This is related to rpl-ext-header.c.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/contiki-os/contiki/releases CVERelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128 CVEThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://github.com/contiki-os/contiki/releases [email protected]Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128 [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-191Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
contiki-os contiki
<= 3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:contiki-os:contiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-28362
NVD Published Date:
Mar 24, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-28362 Details - Not Deferred