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CVE-2023-48692 — Azure RTOS NetX Duo is a TCP/IP network stack designed specifically for deeply embedded real-time and IoT applications

Critical CVSS 9.8

Azure RTOS NetX Duo is a TCP/IP network stack designed specifically for deeply embedded real-time and IoT applications. An attacker can cause remote code execution due to memory overflow vulnerabilities in Azure RTOS NETX Duo. The affected components include processes/functions related to icmp, tcp, snmp, dhcp, nat and ftp in RTOS v6.2.1 and below. The fixes have been included in NetX Duo release 6.3.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
Published
2023-12-05
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
windows/system
Weaknesses
CWE-787, CWE-825

Affected products

  • microsoft / azure_rtos_netx_duo

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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