IPv6 Stack Vulnerability: Insufficient Check for IPv6 Header Length

IPv6 Stack Vulnerability: Insufficient Check for IPv6 Header Length

CVE-2020-25111 · CRITICAL Severity

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

An issue was discovered in the IPv6 stack in Contiki through 3.0. There is an insufficient check for the IPv6 header length. This leads to Denial-of-Service and potential Remote Code Execution via a crafted ICMPv6 echo packet.

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