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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-17438 · published 11 December 2020

CVE-2020-17438: Uip project uip out-of-bounds write vulnerability

Uip Project · Uip

An issue was discovered in uIP 1.0, as used in Contiki 3.0 and other products. The code that reassembles fragmented packets fails to properly validate the total length of an incoming packet specified in its IP header, as well as the fragmentation offset value specified in the IP header. By crafting a packet with specific values of the IP header length and the fragmentation offset, attackers can write into the .bss section of the program (past the statically allocated buffer that is used for storing the fragmented data) and cause a denial of service in uip_reass() in uip.c, or possibly execute arbitrary code on some target architectures.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 19% · top 2.7% CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
19%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in uIP 1.0, as used in Contiki 3.0 and other products. The code that reassembles fragmented packets fails to properly validate the total length of an incoming packet specified in its IP header, as well as the fragmentation offset value specified in the IP header. By crafting a packet with specific values of the IP header length and the fragmentation offset, attackers can write into the .bss section of the program (past the statically allocated buffer that is used for storing the fragmented data) and cause a denial of service in uip_reass() in uip.c, or possibly execute arbitrary code on some target architectures.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-17438), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.