Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting eclipse-threadx/threadx package, versions [,6.4.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ECLIPSETHREADXTHREADX-13553164
  • published15 Oct 2025
  • disclosed15 Oct 2025
  • creditamgross

Introduced: 15 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2025-55079  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade eclipse-threadx/threadx to version 6.4.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling due to improper validation of thread priority limits in the thread_preemption_change() and thread_priority_change() functions. An attacker can cause system instability or service interruption by creating threads with higher priority than allowed.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1