Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-22679 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in TI products

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
ti
CWE-190

Summary

The affected product is vulnerable to an integer overflow while processing HTTP headers, which may allow an attacker to remotely execute code on the SimpleLink Wi-Fi (MSP432E4 SDK: v4.20.00.12 and prior, CC32XX SDK v4.30.00.06 and prior, CC13X0 SDK versions prior to v4.10.03, CC13X2 and CC26XX SDK versions prior to v4.40.00, CC3200 SDK v1.5.0 and prior, CC3100 SDK v1.3.0 and prior).

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Forced Integer Overflow
    This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.