CVE-2017-7295

7.5 HIGH
Published: May 28, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

An issue was discovered in Contiki Operating System 3.0. A use-after-free vulnerability exists in httpd-simple.c in cc26xx-web-demo httpd, where upon a connection close event, the http_state structure was not deallocated properly, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference in the output processing function. This resulted in a board crash, which can be used to perform denial of service.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/jackmcbride/c9328627f1ee104ce84f3fb7eff42f1e
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

2 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.0%
60th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

contiki-os