CVE-2024-48983

CVE-2024-48983 is an integer overflow vulnerability in MBed OS 6.16.0, specifically affecting arm mbed products. This flaw occurs during HCI packet processing, where an integer overflow can lead to a significantly undersized buffer allocation, potentially causing a buffer overflow of up to 65 KB. With a CVSS score of 7.5 HIGH, this vulnerability is easily exploitable remotely with low attack complexity, primarily leading to a denial of service. While trivial to exploit for DoS, further exploitation is generally limited due to the dynamic nature of the affected buffer. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.