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Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVE-2020-13600

High
7/10

Summary

Malformed SPI in response for eswifi can corrupt kernel memory. Zephyr versions >= 1.14.2, >= 2.3.0 contain Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122). For more information, see https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-hx4p-j86p-2mhr

  • HIGH
  • PHYSICAL
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published