Out-of-bounds read in OpenDDS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
OpenDDS is an open source C++ implementation of the Object Management Group (OMG) Data Distribution Service (DDS). Prior to 3.34.0, a network attacker can crash a reachable OpenDDS participant by sending a malformed RTPS UDP submessage whose crafted length or sequence-number state causes dds/DCPS/transport/rtps_udp/RtpsUdpReceiveStrategy.cpp in RtpsUdpReceiveStrategy::handle_input() to advance ACE_Message_Block::rd_ptr() beyond valid data. The parser can then call dds/DCPS/transport/rtps_udp/RtpsSampleHeader.cpp in RtpsSampleHeader::init(), which dereferences the invalid read pointer without first validating it against wr_ptr() or ensuring that a complete submessage header remains. The resulting SIGSEGV occurs in the receive thread, terminates the DDS process, and destroys the DDS entities hosted by that participant. No authentication, prior protocol state, or victim interaction is required. This issue is fixed in version 3.34.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA OpenDDS (OpenDDS) Fixed in 3.34.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-52836
References
Other 7
- https://github.com/OpenDDS/OpenDDS/security/advisories/GHSA-wcr7-gccq-vv56
- https://github.com/OpenDDS/OpenDDS/pull/5210
- https://github.com/OpenDDS/OpenDDS/commit/3ded3341e89db88e4c4e09d5153e05730b0a84ce
- https://github.com/OpenDDS/OpenDDS/commit/b46382ebc50d46f933ad6c860a396bffa97adbd7
- https://github.com/OpenDDS/OpenDDS/commit/d6bdddde9ee07f9ee0b461680e5fb64f95cd1251
- https://github.com/OpenDDS/OpenDDS/commit/e5aee3f5b18ee7174d66c3e7818270e1ba2cc2fa
- https://github.com/OpenDDS/OpenDDS/releases/tag/v3.34.0
More OpenDDS vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-09799 Data Distribution Service (DDS) Chain of Trust (CoT) violation vulnerability in Open DDS CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
Sources
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