Use After Free Affecting zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr package, versions [,4.3.1-rc1)[4.4.0-rc1,4.4.1-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ZEPHYRPROJECTRTOSZEPHYR-17391872
  • published21 Jun 2026
  • disclosed16 Jun 2026
  • credittpambor

Introduced: 16 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-10639  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr to version 4.3.1-rc1, 4.4.1-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the icmpv4_handle_echo_request process. An attacker can cause corrupted interface statistics or trigger a remote crash by sending ICMPv4 echo requests to the device, exploiting a timing race that leads to dereferencing freed memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1