Double-Free Vulnerability in Weston Embedded uC-TCP-IP v3.06.01 Allows for Memory Corruption and Code Execution

CVE-2023-38562 · HIGH Severity

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

A double-free vulnerability exists in the IP header loopback parsing functionality of Weston Embedded uC-TCP-IP v3.06.01. A specially crafted set of network packets can lead to memory corruption, potentially resulting in code execution. An attacker can send a sequence of unauthenticated packets to trigger this vulnerability.

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