7.5
HIGH
CVE-2023-33973
RIOT-OS 6LoWPAN Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service
Description

RIOT-OS, an operating system for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, contains a network stack with the ability to process 6LoWPAN frames. In versions 2023.01 and prior, an attacker can send a crafted frame which is forwarded by the device. During encoding of the packet a NULL pointer dereference occurs. This crashes the device leading to denial of service. A patch is available at pull request 19678. There are no known workarounds.

INFO

Published Date :

May 30, 2023, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 6, 2023, 4:35 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-33973 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Riot-os riot

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Jun. 06, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    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/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/f41b4b67b6affca0a8b32edced7f51088696869a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/iphc/gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc.c#L1067 No Types Assigned https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/f41b4b67b6affca0a8b32edced7f51088696869a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/iphc/gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc.c#L1067 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/f41b4b67b6affca0a8b32edced7f51088696869a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/iphc/gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc.c#L1495 No Types Assigned https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/f41b4b67b6affca0a8b32edced7f51088696869a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/iphc/gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc.c#L1495 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/f41b4b67b6affca0a8b32edced7f51088696869a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/iphc/gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc.c#L1511 No Types Assigned https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/f41b4b67b6affca0a8b32edced7f51088696869a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/iphc/gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc.c#L1511 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/f41b4b67b6affca0a8b32edced7f51088696869a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/iphc/gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc.c#L1644 No Types Assigned https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/f41b4b67b6affca0a8b32edced7f51088696869a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/iphc/gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc.c#L1644 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/f41b4b67b6affca0a8b32edced7f51088696869a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/iphc/gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc.c#L1655 No Types Assigned https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/blob/f41b4b67b6affca0a8b32edced7f51088696869a/sys/net/gnrc/network_layer/sixlowpan/iphc/gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc.c#L1655 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/commit/c9d7863e5664a169035038628029bb07e090c5ff No Types Assigned https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/commit/c9d7863e5664a169035038628029bb07e090c5ff Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/19678 No Types Assigned https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/pull/19678 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/security/advisories/GHSA-r2pv-3jqc-vh7w No Types Assigned https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/security/advisories/GHSA-r2pv-3jqc-vh7w Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2023.01
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Exploit Prediction

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

0.43 }} 0.05%

score

0.74910

percentile

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