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Critical Flaws Found in VxWorks RTOS That Powers Over 2 Billion Devices

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()4 min read2 · 1 read
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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 thehackernews.com

Security researchers have discovered almost a dozen zero-day vulnerabilities in VxWorks, one of the most widely used real-time operating systems (RTOS) for embedded devices that powers over 2 billion devices across aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, automotive, consumer electronics, networking, and other critical industries.

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