Inconsistent IPv6 Header Extension Length Check Vulnerability

Inconsistent IPv6 Header Extension Length Check Vulnerability

CVE-2020-25112 · 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 are inconsistent checks for IPv6 header extension lengths. This leads to Denial-of-Service and potential Remote Code Execution via a crafted ICMPv6 echo packet.

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