CVE-2020-12885
Arm Mbed OS CoAP Infinite Loop Vulnerability
Description
An infinite loop 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 in a while loop. This loop's exit condition is computed using the previously allocated heap memory required for storing the result of parsing multiple options. If the input heap memory calculation results in zero bytes, the loop exit condition is never met and the loop is not terminated. As a result, the packet parsing function never exits, leading to resource consumption.
INFO
Published Date :
June 18, 2020, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 25, 2020, 2:35 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2020-12885.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-coap/pull/116 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/issues/12929 | 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:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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/12929 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/issues/12929 Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-835 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:arm:mbed_os:5.15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-12885 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-12885
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Exploit Prediction
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0.14 }} 0.00%
score
0.48537
percentile