CVE-2019-9004 Denial of service in n/a
A crafted packet causes a memory leak in the Eclipse Wakaama LWM2M server, potentially leading to service termination due to memory exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-9004?
CVE-2019-9004 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Feb 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Eclipse Wakaama (formerly liblwm2m) 1.0, core/er-coap-13/er-coap-13.c in lwm2mserver in the LWM2M server mishandles invalid options, leading to a memory leak. Processing of a single crafted packet leads to leaking (wasting) 24 bytes of memory. This can lead to termination of the LWM2M server after exhausting all available memory.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9004?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Eclipse Wakaama.
How do I fix CVE-2019-9004?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-9004 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-9004 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9004 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8hh9-x5xq-jq2w.