VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-12680

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.50%
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 CoAPthon 3.1, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, and 4.0.2 mishandles certain exceptions, leading to a denial of service in applications that use this library (e.g., the standard CoAP server, CoAP client, CoAP reverse proxy, example collect CoAP server and client) when they receive crafted CoAP messages.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Primary references