Texas Instruments BLE-STACK 2.2.1 on CC2640/CC2650 Malformed Packet memory corruption
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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Texas Instruments BLE-STACK 2.2.1 on CC2640/CC2650. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation as part of a Malformed Packet leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Texas Instruments BLE-STACK v2.2.1 for SimpleLink CC2640 and CC2650 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet that triggers a buffer overflow.
The bug was discovered 11/01/2018. The weakness was released 11/06/2018 as cisco-sa-20181101-ap as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-16986 since 09/13/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
09/13/2018 🔍11/01/2018 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: cisco-sa-20181101-apStatus: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-16986 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1042018
SecurityFocus: 105812 - Texas Instruments BLE-Stack CVE-2018-16986 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 11/07/2018 07:53Updated: 06/04/2023 16:50
Changes: 11/07/2018 07:53 (62), 04/10/2020 11:28 (3), 06/04/2023 16:50 (3)
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