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TI-2018-11949 Aliases CVE-2018-16666GHSA-4g32-r823-mvhx

An issue was discovered in Contiki-NG through 4.1.

Priority LOW 34CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Contiki-NG through 4.1. There is a stack-based buffer overflow in next_string in os/storage/antelope/aql-lexer.c while parsing AQL (parsing next string).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00335 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:contiki-ng:contiki-ng.:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.1Vulnerablecontiki-ng
  • cpe:2.3:o:contiki-ng:contiki-ng.:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.1 Vulnerable ·contiki-ng

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-16666
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4g32-r823-mvhx

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2018-11946 An issue was discovered in Contiki-NG through 4.1. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-11950 An issue was discovered in Contiki-NG through 4.1. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.0
  • TI-2018-11947 An issue was discovered in Contiki-NG through 4.1. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.0
  • TI-2018-11948 An issue was discovered in Contiki-NG through 4.1. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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