Vulnerability Details CVE-2023-24818
RIOT-OS, an operating system that supports Internet of Things devices, contains a network stack with the ability to process 6LoWPAN frames. Prior to version 2022.10, an attacker can send a crafted frame to the device resulting in a NULL pointer dereference. During forwarding of a fragment an uninitialized entry in the reassembly buffer is used. The NULL pointer dereference triggers a hard fault exception resulting in denial of service. Version 2022.10 fixes this issue. As a workaround, disable support for fragmented IP datagrams or apply the patches manually.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 50.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
Products affected by CVE-2023-24818
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2013.08
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2014.01
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2014.05
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2014.12
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2015.09
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2015.12
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2016.04
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2016.07
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2016.10
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2017.01
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2017.04
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2017.07
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2017.10
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2018.01
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2018.04
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2018.07
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2018.10
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2018.10.1
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2019.01
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2019.04
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2019.07
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2019.10
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2020.01
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2020.01.1
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2020.04
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2021.01
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2021.04
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2021.07
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2021.10
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2022.01
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2022.04
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cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2022.07