RIOT is an open-source microcontroller operating system, designed to match the requirements of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other embedded devices. A vulnerability was discovered in the IPv6 fragmentation reassembly implementation of RIOT OS v2025.07. When receiving an fragmented IPv6 packet with fragment offset 0 and an empty payload, the payload pointer is set to NULL. However, the implementation still tries to copy the payload into the reassembly buffer, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference which crashes the OS (DoS). To trigger the vulnerability, the `gnrc_ipv6_ext_frag` module must be enabled and the attacker must be able to send arbitrary IPv6 packets to the victim. RIOT OS v2025.10 fixes the issue.
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Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +0000
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2025-12-17T20:30:49.970Z
Reserved: 2025-12-05T20:23:19.595Z
Link: CVE-2025-66646
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Status : Received
Published: 2025-12-17T20:15:56.170
Modified: 2025-12-17T20:15:56.170
Link: CVE-2025-66646
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