7.5
HIGH
CVE-2024-48983
Mbed OS HCI Buffer Overflow
Description

An issue was discovered in MBed OS 6.16.0. During processing of HCI packets, the software dynamically determines the length of the packet data by reading 2 bytes from the packet header. A buffer is then allocated to contain the entire packet, the size of which is calculated as the length of the packet body determined earlier plus the header length. WsfMsgAlloc then increments this again by sizeof(wsfMsg_t). This may cause an integer overflow that results in the buffer being significantly too small to contain the entire packet. This may cause a buffer overflow of up to 65 KB . This bug is trivial to exploit for a denial of service but can generally not be exploited further because the exploitable buffer is dynamically allocated.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 20, 2024, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 25, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

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

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URL Resource
https://github.com/mbed-ce/mbed-os/blob/54e8693ef4ff7e025018094f290a1d5cf380941f/connectivity/FEATURE_BLE/libraries/cordio_stack/wsf/sources/port/baremetal/wsf_msg.c#L72 Product
https://github.com/mbed-ce/mbed-os/pull/388 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Nov. 25, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-190
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 22, 2024

    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
    Added CWE NIST CWE-190
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:arm:mbed:6.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/mbed-ce/mbed-os/blob/54e8693ef4ff7e025018094f290a1d5cf380941f/connectivity/FEATURE_BLE/libraries/cordio_stack/wsf/sources/port/baremetal/wsf_msg.c#L72 No Types Assigned https://github.com/mbed-ce/mbed-os/blob/54e8693ef4ff7e025018094f290a1d5cf380941f/connectivity/FEATURE_BLE/libraries/cordio_stack/wsf/sources/port/baremetal/wsf_msg.c#L72 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/mbed-ce/mbed-os/pull/388 No Types Assigned https://github.com/mbed-ce/mbed-os/pull/388 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description An issue was discovered in MBed OS 6.16.0. During processing of HCI packets, the software dynamically determines the length of the packet data by reading 2 bytes from the packet header. A buffer is then allocated to contain the entire packet, the size of which is calculated as the length of the packet body determined earlier plus the header length. WsfMsgAlloc then increments this again by sizeof(wsfMsg_t). This may cause an integer overflow that results in the buffer being significantly too small to contain the entire packet. This may cause a buffer overflow of up to 65 KB . This bug is trivial to exploit for a denial of service but can generally not be exploited further because the exploitable buffer is dynamically allocated.
    Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/mbed-ce/mbed-os/blob/54e8693ef4ff7e025018094f290a1d5cf380941f/connectivity/FEATURE_BLE/libraries/cordio_stack/wsf/sources/port/baremetal/wsf_msg.c#L72 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/mbed-ce/mbed-os/pull/388 [No types assigned]
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