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CVE-2021-42143

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.1 Published: 2024-01-24 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in Contiki-NG tinyDTLS through master branch 53a0d97. An infinite loop bug exists during the handling of a ClientHello handshake message. This bug allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malformed ClientHello handshake message with an odd length of cipher suites, which triggers an infinite loop (consuming all resources) and a buffer over-read that can disclose sensitive information.

Affected Platforms

Contiki-Ng Tinydtls

Weakness Type

CWE-835, CWE-835

References