CVE-2020-10060 HIGH

CVE-2020-10060: UpdateHub Might Dereference An Uninitialized Pointer

Vendor Zephyrproject-Rtos
Product zephyr
Weakness CWE-119
Published May 11, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

8.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In updatehub_probe, right after JSON parsing is complete, objects\[1] is accessed from the output structure in two different places. If the JSON contained less than two elements, this access would reference unitialized stack memory. This could result in a crash, denial of service, or possibly an information leak. Provided the fix in CVE-2020-10059 is applied, the attack requires compromise of the server. See NCC-ZEP-030 This issue affects: zephyrproject-rtos zephyr version 2.1.0 and later versions. version 2.2.0 and later versions.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 11, 2020 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated