CVE-2020-10060 UpdateHub Might Dereference An Uninitialized Pointer
An attacker with server compromise can trigger a crash or information leak in Zephyr RTOS by sending malformed JSON to the UpdateHub probe.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-10060?
CVE-2020-10060 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zephyrproject Zephyr, published on 11 May 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10060?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zephyrproject Zephyr.
How do I fix CVE-2020-10060?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10060 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-10060 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10060 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-435h-hqgw-fqgf.