Intel TinyCBOR Libraries up to 0.6.0 recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Intel TinyCBOR Libraries up to 0.6.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in recursion. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-24302. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel TinyCBOR Libraries up to 0.6.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Uncontrolled recursion for some TinyCBOR libraries maintained by Intel(R) before version 0.6.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

The advisory is shared for download at intel.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-24302 since 01/25/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.6.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Recursion
CWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: TinyCBOR Libraries 0.6.1

Timelineinfo

01/25/2025 CVE reserved
08/12/2025 +198 days Advisory disclosed
08/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel-sa-01326
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-24302 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-24302
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-319740

Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2025 20:36
Changes: 08/12/2025 20:36 (75)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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