In short
- CVE-2018-12680 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting coapthon, coapthon (coapthon project).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 74.5% of all vulnerabilities.
- No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| coapthon PyPI | ≥ 3.1≤ 4.0.2
| No fix yet |
| coapthon | = 3.1= 4.0.0= 4.0.1= 4.0.2
| No fix yet |
Description
The Serialize.deserialize() method in CoAPthon 3.1, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, and 4.0.2 mishandles certain exceptions, leading to a denial of service in applications that use this library (e.g., the standard CoAP server, CoAP client, CoAP reverse proxy, example collect CoAP server and client) when they receive crafted CoAP messages.
NVD description
The Serialize.deserialize() method in CoAPthon 3.1, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, and 4.0.2 mishandles certain exceptions, leading to a denial of service in applications that use this library (e.g., the standard CoAP server, CoAP client, CoAP reverse proxy, example collect CoAP server and client) when they receive crafted CoAP messages.
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