CVE-2017-20283

medium

Description

NXP MQX Classic before 5.0 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the RTCS UDP recvfrom() implementation. Improper enforcement of the application-supplied receive buffer length may allow a crafted UDP packet to overflow the destination buffer, resulting in memory corruption, or denial of service.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-19018

https://community.nxp.com/t5/MQX-Software-Solutions/Horrible-memory-leak-in-recvfrom-that-has-gone-completely/m-p/705993

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-08

Updated: 2026-10-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01188