cve-2021-21410
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-06-18 21:00
Modified
2024-08-03 18:09
Severity ?
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Summary
Out-of-bounds read in the 6LoWPAN implementation
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/pull/1482Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-hhwj-2p59-v8p9Patch, Third Party Advisory
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