CVE-2020-10060 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2020-10060

UpdateHub Might Dereference An Uninitialized Pointer

8 CVSS

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

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References

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Affected Vendor

zephyrproject-rtos

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Affected Software

zephyr

Vulnerable Versions:

2.1.0, 2.2.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 11th, 2020

Last Modified: September 16th, 2024

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

T1055 Process Injection

Defense Evasion

T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

Command and Control