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Critical zero-days discovered in VxWorks RTOS, billions of devices at risk

Security Affairsby @securityaffairs ()4 min read1
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2019-12255
+8 related CVEs
Wind River VxWorks has a Buffer Overflow in the TCP component (issue 1 of 4)
9.8
group max
75%PoC
CVE-2019-12262
Wind River VxWorks 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 and 7 has Incorrect Access Control in the RARP client component
9.84%
CVE-2019-12264
Wind River VxWorks 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9.3, 6.9.4, and Vx7 has Incorrect Access Control in IPv4 assignment by the ipdhcpc DHCP client component
7.18%

From the original article

4 min read at securityaffairs.com

Security experts at Armis have discovered a dozen zero-day vulnerabilities affecting the VxWorks real-time operating systems (RTOS) for embedded devices. Researchers at Armis Labs have discovered a dozen zero-day flaws in the VxWorks real-time operating systems (RTOS) for embedded devices. The collection of vulnerabilities was dubbed URGENT/11, it includes 11 flaws, 6 of which are rated as critical in severity.

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