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CVE-2021-38311

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2021-08-09 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In Contiki 3.0, potential nonterminating acknowledgment loops exist in the Telnet service. When the negotiated options are already disabled, servers still respond to DONT and WONT requests with WONT or DONT commands, which may lead to infinite acknowledgment loops, denial of service, and excessive CPU consumption.

Affected Platforms

Contiki-Os Contiki

Weakness Type

CWE-835

References