CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-48694

Expired Pointer Dereference

Published: Dec 05, 2023 | Modified: Dec 08, 2023
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Azure RTOS USBX is a USB host, device, and on-the-go (OTG) embedded stack, that is fully integrated with Azure RTOS ThreadX. An attacker can cause remote code execution due to expired pointer dereference and type confusion vulnerabilities in Azure RTOS USBX. The affected components include functions/processes in host stack and host class, related to device linked classes, ASIX, Prolific, SWAR, audio, CDC ECM in RTOS v6.2.1 and below. The fixes have been included in USBX release 6.3.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that was previously valid, but is no longer valid.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Azure_rtos_usbx Microsoft * 6.3.0 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References