CVE-2022-1042 Out-of-bound write vulnerability in the Bluetooth mesh core stack can be triggered during provisioning
An out-of-bound write in the Zephyr Bluetooth mesh stack during provisioning allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-1042?
CVE-2022-1042 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Zephyrproject Zephyr, published on 26 Jul 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Zephyr bluetooth mesh core stack, an out-of-bound write vulnerability can be triggered during provisioning.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1042?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zephyrproject Zephyr.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1042?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1042 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-1042 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1042 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Zephyrproject Zephyr
- CVE-2026-5067 Out-of-bounds read/write in HTTP WebSocket upgrade via non-null-terminated Sec-WebSocket-Key
- CVE-2022-3806 Bluetooth HCI Error Handling Double Free
- CVE-2017-14199 Memory corruption in getaddrinfo
- CVE-2018-1000800 Null dereference in n/a
- CVE-2021-3329 DOS: Incorrect handling of the initial HCI ACL_MTU handshake packet leads to crash of bluetooth host layer
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j7v7-w73r-mm5x.