cve-2021-21280
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-06-18 20:35
Modified
2024-08-03 18:09
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Summary
Out-of-bounds write when processing 6LoWPAN extension headers
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/pull/1409Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-r768-hrhf-v592Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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