CVE-2021-40523
HIGHContiki 3.0 - Denial of Service via Telnet Option Negotiation Buffer Exhaustion
Title source: llmDescription
In Contiki 3.0, Telnet option negotiation is mishandled. During negotiation between a server and a client, the server may fail to give the WILL/WONT or DO/DONT response for DO and WILL commands because of improper handling of exception condition, which leads to property violations and denial of service. Specifically, a server sometimes sends no response, because a fixed buffer space is available for all responses and that space may have been exhausted.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/contiki-os/contiki/issues/2686
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0093
EPSS Percentile
55.8%
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-754
Status
published
Products (1)
contiki-os/contiki
3.0
Published
Sep 05, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026