CVE-2020-10022 — A malformed JSON payload that is received from an UpdateHub server may trigger m

A malformed JSON payload that is received from an UpdateHub server may trigger memory corruption in the Zephyr OS. This could result in a denial of service in the best case, or code execution in the worst case. See NCC-NCC-016 This issue affects: zephyrproject-rtos zephyr version

01What is this vulnerability?

A malformed JSON payload that is received from an UpdateHub server may trigger memory corruption in the Zephyr OS. This could result in a denial of service in the best case, or code execution in the worst case. See NCC-NCC-016 This issue affects: zephyrproject-rtos zephyr version 2.1.0 and later versions. version 2.2.0 and later versions.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
zephyrproject-rtos	zephyr	2.1.0, 2.2.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-05-11T22:26:12.494Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T23:45:41.536Z

09References

• zephyrprojectsec.atlassian.net — https://zephyrprojectsec.atlassian.net/browse/ZEPSEC-28
• github.com — https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/24154
• github.com — https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/24065
• github.com — https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/24066
• docs.zephyrproject.org — https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/security/vulnerabilities.html#cve-2020-100…