Picotcp
CVE-2023-35847
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Variable initialization
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access uninitialized memory causing crashes or information disclosure by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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VirtualSquare picoTCP (aka PicoTCP-NG) through 2.1 does not have an MSS lower bound (e.g., it could be zero). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability could allow attackers to access uninitialized memory causing crashes or information disclosure.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Initialize all variables, use compiler warnings for uninitialized access, use memory-safe languages.
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This vulnerability is classified as Use of Uninitialized Resource (CWE-908), which allows attackers to access uninitialized memory causing crashes or information disclosure. VirtualSquare picoTCP (aka PicoTCP-NG) through 2.1 does not have an MSS lower bound (e.g., it could be zero). Affected products include: Virtualsquare Picotcp. Version information: through 2.1.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
VirtualSquare picoTCP (aka PicoTCP-NG) through 2.1 does not have an MSS lower bound (e.g., it could be zero).
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Altran picoTCP through 1.7.0 allows memory corruption (and subsequent denial of service) because of an integer overflow
picoTCP (versions 1.7.0 - 1.5.0) is vulnerable to stack buffer overflow resulting in code execution or denial of service
An issue was discovered in picoTCP through 1.7.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exp
An issue was discovered in picoTCP and picoTCP-NG through 1.7.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability
An issue was discovered in picoTCP 1.7.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable
VirtualSquare picoTCP (aka PicoTCP-NG) through 2.1 does not properly check whether header sizes would result in accessin
VirtualSquare picoTCP (aka PicoTCP-NG) through 2.1 lacks certain size calculations before attempting to set a value of a
VirtualSquare picoTCP (aka PicoTCP-NG) through 2.1 does not check the transport layer length in a frame before performin
An issue was discovered in picoTCP and picoTCP-NG through 1.7.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is r
An issue was discovered in picoTCP and picoTCP-NG through 1.7.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is r
An issue was discovered in picoTCP and picoTCP-NG through 1.7.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is r
An issue was discovered in picoTCP 1.7.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no
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