# CVE-2019-17211: An integer overflow was discovered in the CoAP library in Arm Mbed OS 5.14.0.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-11-05 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An integer overflow was discovered in the CoAP library in Arm Mbed OS 5.14.0. The function sn_coap_builder_calc_needed_packet_data_size_2() is used to calculate the required memory for the CoAP message from the sn_coap_hdr_s data structure. Both returned_byte_count and src_coap_msg_ptr->payload_len are of type uint16_t. When added together, the result returned_byte_count can wrap around the maximum uint16_t value. As a result, insufficient buffer space is allocated for the corresponding CoAP message.

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## References

- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/d0686fd30b4d3d02efdc7e4d0fbf0dfe173543b6/features/frameworks/mbed-coap/source/sn_coap_builder.c#L355
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/d0686fd30b4d3d02efdc7e4d0fbf0dfe173543b6/features/frameworks/mbed-coap/source/sn_coap_builder.c#L1090
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/d0686fd30b4d3d02efdc7e4d0fbf0dfe173543b6/features/frameworks/mbed-coap/source/sn_coap_builder.c#L710
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/d0686fd30b4d3d02efdc7e4d0fbf0dfe173543b6/features/frameworks/mbed-coap/source/sn_coap_builder.c#L524
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/d0686fd30b4d3d02efdc7e4d0fbf0dfe173543b6/features/frameworks/mbed-coap/source/sn_coap_builder.c#L527
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/d0686fd30b4d3d02efdc7e4d0fbf0dfe173543b6/features/frameworks/mbed-coap/source/sn_coap_builder.c#L718
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/d0686fd30b4d3d02efdc7e4d0fbf0dfe173543b6/features/frameworks/mbed-coap/source/sn_coap_builder.c#L746
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/issues/11804

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