CVE-2023-33973 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-33973

RIOT-OS vulnerable to NULL pointer dereference during NHC encoding

Vulnerability Description

RIOT-OS, an operating system for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, contains a network stack with the ability to process 6LoWPAN frames. In versions 2023.01 and prior, an attacker can send a crafted frame which is forwarded by the device. During encoding of the packet a NULL pointer dereference occurs. This crashes the device leading to denial of service. A patch is available at pull request 19678. There are no known workarounds.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

RIOT
Vulnerable Versions:
<= 2023.01

Timeline

Official Publish: May 30th, 2023
Last Modified: January 10th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation
Impact
T1489 Service Stop
Impact
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access