Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CVE-2021-27504
Summary
Texas Instruments devices running FREERTOS, malloc returns a valid pointer to a small buffer on extremely large values, which can trigger an integer overflow vulnerability in 'malloc' for FreeRTOS, resulting in code execution.
- HIGH
- LOCAL
- HIGH
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- NONE
- HIGH
- HIGH
CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
The software performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published
