9.1
CRITICAL
CVE-2020-12884
Arm Mbed OS CoAP Buffer Over-read Vulnerability
Description

A buffer over-read was discovered in the CoAP library in Arm Mbed OS 5.15.3. The CoAP parser is responsible for parsing received CoAP packets. The function sn_coap_parser_options_parse_multiple_options() parses CoAP options that may occur multiple consecutive times in a single packet. While processing the options, packet_data_pptr is accessed after being incremented by option_len without a prior out-of-bounds memory check. The temp_parsed_uri_query_ptr is validated for a correct range, but the range valid for temp_parsed_uri_query_ptr is derived from the amount of allocated heap memory, not the actual input size. Therefore the check of temp_parsed_uri_query_ptr may be insufficient for safe access to the area pointed to by packet_data_pptr. As a result, access to a memory area outside of the intended boundary of the packet buffer is made.

INFO

Published Date :

June 18, 2020, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 25, 2020, 2:41 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Arm mbed_os
2 Arm mbed
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-coap/pull/116 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/issues/12928 Third Party Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 25, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-coap/pull/116 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-coap/pull/116 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/issues/12928 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/issues/12928 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-125
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:arm:mbed_os:5.15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.24 }} 0.00%

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0.59817

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