VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-12679

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-04-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The Serialize.deserialize() method in CoAPthon3 1.0 and 1.0.1 mishandles certain exceptions, leading to a denial of service in applications that use this library (e.g., the standard CoAP server, CoAP client, example collect CoAP server and client) when they receive crafted CoAP messages.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Primary references