CVE-2020-10060
UpdateHub Might Dereference An Uninitialized Pointer
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- zephyr
Description
In updatehub_probe, right after JSON parsing is complete, objects\[1] is accessed from the output structure in two different places. If the JSON contained less than two elements, this access would reference unitialized stack memory. This could result in a crash, denial of service, or possibly an information leak. Provided the fix in CVE-2020-10059 is applied, the attack requires compromise of the server. See NCC-ZEP-030 This issue affects: zephyrproject-rtos zephyr version 2.1.0 and later versions. version 2.2.0 and later versions.
Timeline
ID reserved
By zephyr
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| zephyrCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.0.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 2.1.0 – < unspecified
- affected 2.2.0 – < unspecified
References (6)
- https://zephyrprojectsec.atlassian.net/browse/ZEPSEC-37 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/security/vulnerabilities.html#cve-2020-10060 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/27865 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/27889 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/27891 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/27893 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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