CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-48697

NULL 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 memory buffer and pointer vulnerabilities in Azure RTOS USBX. The affected components include functions/processes in pictbridge and host class, related to PIMA, storage, CDC ACM, ECM, audio, hub 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

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

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

Potential Mitigations

References