CVE-2024-8947

Sept. 24, 2024, 1:17 p.m.

8.1
High

Description

A vulnerability was found in MicroPython 1.22.2. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file py/objarray.c. The manipulation leads to use after free. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 1.23.0 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 4bed614e707c0644c06e117f848fa12605c711cd. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. In micropython objarray component, when a bytes object is resized and copied into itself, it may reference memory that has already been freed.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Micropython
  • Micropython
  • 1.22.2

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-416
Use After Free
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a micropython micropython 1.22.2 / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/micropython/micropython/commit/4bed614e707c0644c06e117f848fa12605c711cd
https://github.com/micropython/micropython/issues/13283
https://github.com/micropython/micropython/issues/13283#issuecomment-1918479709
https://github.com/micropython/micropython/releases/tag/v1.23.0
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.277765
https://vuldb.com/?id.277765
https://vuldb.com/?submit.409316

Tags

CWE-416
cna@vuldb.com
2024-09-17
CVE-2024-8947

CVSS Score

8.1 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

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

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Timeline

Published: Sept. 17, 2024, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 24, 2024, 1:17 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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