CVE-2023-37459
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-15 19:19
Modified
2024-09-25 18:04
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
Out-of-bounds read when processing a received IPv6 packet
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/pull/2510Issue Tracking, Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-6648-m23r-hq8cVendor Advisory
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