Medium severity · published Sep 15, 2021
CVE-2021-41061
In RIOT-OS 2021.01, nonce reuse in 802.15.4 encryption in the ieee820154_security component allows attackers to break encryption by triggering reboots
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In RIOT-OS 2021.01, nonce reuse in 802.15.4 encryption in the ieee820154_security component allows attackers to break encryption by triggering reboots.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RI
Riot · Riot-os
2021.01 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41061
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41061
Exploit
https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/issues/16844
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