7.5high
CVE-2018-12679
CoAPthon3 vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Also known as GHSA-c6fm-rgw4-8q73, PYSEC-2019-166
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.5%
percentile 74%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
The Serialize.deserialize() method in CoAPthon3 1.0 and 1.0.1 mishandles certain exceptions, leading to a denial of service in applications that use this library (e.g., the standard CoAP server, CoAP client, example collect CoAP server and client) when they receive crafted CoAP messages.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.49% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | coapthon3 | <=1.0.1 >=1.0 | no fix listed |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
References
- github.com /Tanganelli/CoAPthon3/issues/16 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12679 · advisory
- github.com /Tanganelli/CoAPthon3 · package
- github.com /advisories/GHSA-c6fm-rgw4-8q73 · advisory
- github.com /pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/coapthon3/PYSEC-2019-166.yaml · web
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-12679
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-c6fm-rgw4-8q73
- NVD: CVE-2018-12679
- OSV: PYSEC-2019-166
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