Dlt Daemon
CVE-2023-26257
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in the Connected Vehicle Systems Alliance (COVESA; formerly GENIVI) dlt-daemon through 2.18.8. Dynamic memory is not released after it is allocated in dlt-control-common.c.
AnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in the Connected Vehicle Systems Alliance (COVESA; formerly GENIVI) dlt-daemon through 2.18.8. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Memory Leak (CWE-401), which allows attackers to exhaust available memory leading to denial of service. An issue was discovered in the Connected Vehicle Systems Alliance (COVESA; formerly GENIVI) dlt-daemon through 2.18.8. Dynamic memory is not released after it is allocated in dlt-control-common.c. Affected products include: Covesa Dlt-Daemon. Version information: through 2.18.8..
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Ensure all allocated memory is properly freed. Use RAII patterns or garbage-collected languages.
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