cve/2017/CVE-2017-8289.md

CVE-2017-8289

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ipv6_addr_from_str function in sys/net/network_layer/ipv6/addr/ipv6_addr_from_str.c in RIOT prior to 2017-04-25 allows local attackers, and potentially remote attackers, to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed IPv6 address.

POC

Reference

• https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/issues/6840
• https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/6961
• https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/6962

Github

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