# CVE-2024-6443: zephyr: out-of-bound read in utf8\_trunc

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-04 · Updated: 2024-10-04

## Affected

- Zephyr: through 3.6

## Description

In utf8_trunc in zephyr/lib/utils/utf8.c, last_byte_p can point to one byte before the string pointer if the string is empty.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Zephyr, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-gg46-3rh2-v765

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