CVE-2021-21280

HIGH

Contiki-NG <4.6 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for internet of things devices. It is possible to cause an out-of-bounds write in versions of Contiki-NG prior to 4.6 when transmitting a 6LoWPAN packet with a chain of extension headers. Unfortunately, the written header is not checked to be within the available space, thereby making it possible to write outside the buffer. The problem has been patched in Contiki-NG 4.6. Users can apply the patch for this vulnerability out-of-band as a workaround.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-r768-hrhf-v592
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/pull/1409

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0106
EPSS Percentile 60.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
contiki-ng/contiki-ng < 4.6
Published Jun 18, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026