Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for IoT devices. An unaligned memory access can be triggered in the two RPL implementations of the Contiki-NG operating system. The problem can occur when either one of these RPL implementations is enabled and connected to an RPL instance. If an IPv6 packet containing an odd number of padded bytes before the RPL option, it can cause the rpl_ext_header_hbh_update function to read a 16-bit integer from an odd address. The impact of this unaligned read is architecture-dependent, but can potentially cause the system to crash. The problem has not been patched as of release 4.9, but will be included in the next release. One can apply the changes in Contiki-NG pull request #2962 to patch the system or wait for the next release.
History

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Contiki-ng
Contiki-ng contiki-ng
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:contiki-ng:contiki-ng:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Contiki-ng
Contiki-ng contiki-ng
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:45:00 +0000

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Description Contiki-NG is an open-source, cross-platform operating system for IoT devices. An unaligned memory access can be triggered in the two RPL implementations of the Contiki-NG operating system. The problem can occur when either one of these RPL implementations is enabled and connected to an RPL instance. If an IPv6 packet containing an odd number of padded bytes before the RPL option, it can cause the rpl_ext_header_hbh_update function to read a 16-bit integer from an odd address. The impact of this unaligned read is architecture-dependent, but can potentially cause the system to crash. The problem has not been patched as of release 4.9, but will be included in the next release. One can apply the changes in Contiki-NG pull request #2962 to patch the system or wait for the next release.
Title Unaligned memory access in RPL option processing in Contiki-NG
Weaknesses CWE-704
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2024-11-27T18:20:41.583Z

Updated: 2024-11-27T19:20:07.764Z

Reserved: 2024-09-19T22:32:11.963Z

Link: CVE-2024-47181

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-11-27T19:18:53.606Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2024-11-27T19:15:33.247

Modified: 2024-11-27T19:15:33.247

Link: CVE-2024-47181

cve-icon Redhat

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