CVE-2025-66646 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting RIOT OS v2025.07 and earlier, an open-source microcontroller operating system for IoT devices. The flaw exists in the IPv6 fragmentation reassembly implementation, where a specially crafted fragmented IPv6 packet can lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing the OS to crash. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2025.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2025.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2025.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2025.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2025.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2025.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:riot-os:riot:2025.10:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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