CVE-2018-20578

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0420%

EPSS Percentile6.15th

PublishedDec 28, 2018

Last ModifiedNov 21, 2024

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in NuttX before 7.27. The function netlib_parsehttpurl() in apps/netutils/netlib/netlib_parsehttpurl.c mishandles URLs longer than hostlen bytes (in the webclient, this is set by default to 40), leading to an Infinite Loop. The attack vector is the Location header of an HTTP 3xx response.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Nuttx

< 7.27

References & Advisories

🔗 https://bitbucket.org/nuttx/nuttx/downloads/nuttx-7_27-README.txt

🔗 https://bitbucket.org/nuttx/nuttx/issues/119/denial-of-service-infinite-loop-while