CVE-2019-12257
mediumpriority · attend · 65stack campaign · URGENT/11EPSS 0.843 · 100 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Wind River VxWorks 6.6 through 6.9 has a Buffer Overflow in the DHCP client component. There is an IPNET security vulnerability: Heap overflow in DHCP Offer/ACK parsing inside ipdhcpc.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- FixedAdvanced Networking Technology (ANT)cisa_csaf_ot
Wind River has produced controls and patches to mitigate the reported vulnerabilities. To obtain patches, email PSIRT@windriver.com and indicate the VxWorks major version for which you need source patches.
- FixedVxWorkscisa_csaf_ot
Wind River has produced controls and patches to mitigate the reported vulnerabilities. To obtain patches, email PSIRT@windriver.com and indicate the VxWorks major version for which you need source patches.
- FixedVxWorks 653cisa_csaf_ot
Wind River has produced controls and patches to mitigate the reported vulnerabilities. To obtain patches, email PSIRT@windriver.com and indicate the VxWorks major version for which you need source patches.
- FixedVxWorks End-of-Lifecisa_csaf_ot
Wind River has produced controls and patches to mitigate the reported vulnerabilities. To obtain patches, email PSIRT@windriver.com and indicate the VxWorks major version for which you need source patches.
- FixedVxWorks Vx7cisa_csaf_ot
Wind River has produced controls and patches to mitigate the reported vulnerabilities. To obtain patches, email PSIRT@windriver.com and indicate the VxWorks major version for which you need source patches.
- FixedAdvanced Networking Technology (ANT)cisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://www.spacelabshealthcare.com/products/security/security-advisories-and-archives/urgent-11-vulnerability-in-vxworks-ipnet-service/ - FixedINTEGRITY RTOScisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://www.spacelabshealthcare.com/products/security/security-advisories-and-archives/urgent-11-vulnerability-in-vxworks-ipnet-service/ - FixedIpnet TCP/IP Stackcisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://www.spacelabshealthcare.com/products/security/security-advisories-and-archives/urgent-11-vulnerability-in-vxworks-ipnet-service/ - FixedOSEcisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://www.spacelabshealthcare.com/products/security/security-advisories-and-archives/urgent-11-vulnerability-in-vxworks-ipnet-service/ - FixedVxWorkscisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://www.spacelabshealthcare.com/products/security/security-advisories-and-archives/urgent-11-vulnerability-in-vxworks-ipnet-service/ - FixedVxWorks bootrom network stackcisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://www.spacelabshealthcare.com/products/security/security-advisories-and-archives/urgent-11-vulnerability-in-vxworks-ipnet-service/ - FixedVxWorks under CURRENT support (6.9.4.11, Vx7 SR540, Vx7 SR610)cisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://www.spacelabshealthcare.com/products/security/security-advisories-and-archives/urgent-11-vulnerability-in-vxworks-ipnet-service/ - MitigationAdvanced Networking Technology (ANT)cisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
- MitigationVxWorkscisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
- MitigationVxWorks 653cisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
- MitigationVxWorks End-of-Lifecisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
- MitigationVxWorks Vx7cisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
- MitigationINTEGRITY RTOScisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
- MitigationOSEcisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
- MitigationVxWorks bootrom network stackcisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
- MitigationVxWorks under CURRENT support (6.9.4.11, Vx7 SR540, Vx7 SR610)cisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–8.8
weaknesses
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affected products (85)
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advisories (4)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-2884Wind River VxWorks: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2019-07-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Wind River VxWorks ausnutzen, um dadurch die Integrität, Vertraulichkeit und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.
- ICSA-19-211-01Wind River VxWorks (Update A)2019-07-30icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution.
- ICSA-19-274-01Interpeak IPnet TCP/IP Stack (Update E)2019-10-01icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution.
- ICSMA-19-274-01Interpeak IPnet TCP/IP Stack (Update D)2019-10-01icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (36)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-189842.pdfcnnvd
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-632562.pdfcnnvd
- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-222cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12257cnnvd
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0009cnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190802-0001/cnnvd
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K41190253cnnvd
- https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2019-12257cnnvd
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