Medium severity · published May 11, 2020
CVE-2020-10060
In updatehub_probe, right after JSON parsing is complete, objects\[1] is accessed from the output structure in two different places
6.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZE
Zephyr · Zephyrproject
2.1.0 before 2.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10060
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10060
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/security/vulnerabilities.html#cve-2020-10060
Patch
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/27865
Patch
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/27889
Patch
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/27891
Patch
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/27893
Third Party Advisory
https://zephyrprojectsec.atlassian.net/browse/ZEPSEC-37
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