CVE-2021-38311

HIGH

Contiki 3.0 - Denial of Service via Telnet Option Negotiation Loop

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Contiki 3.0, potential nonterminating acknowledgment loops exist in the Telnet service. When the negotiated options are already disabled, servers still respond to DONT and WONT requests with WONT or DONT commands, which may lead to infinite acknowledgment loops, denial of service, and excessive CPU consumption.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/contiki-os/contiki/issues/2685

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0094
EPSS Percentile 56.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (1)
contiki-os/contiki 3.0
Published Aug 09, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026