Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr package, versions [,3.7.0-rc2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ZEPHYRPROJECTRTOSZEPHYR-7981552
  • published15 Sept 2024
  • disclosed13 Sept 2024
  • creditekleezg

Introduced: 13 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-6259  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr to version 3.7.0-rc2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow due to not checking the remaining size of a buffer in the bt_hci_le_adv_ext_report() function in bluetooth/host/scan.c before passing it on to the cont routine.

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