Description
Mbed TLS 3.5.0 to 3.6.5 fixed in 3.6.6 and 4.1.0 has a buffer overflow in the x509_inet_pton_ipv6() function
Affected products
trustedfirmware: mbed tls
References2
- mbed-tls.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security-advisories/ Vendor Advisory
- mbed-tls.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security-advisories/mbedtls-s… Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.5
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 25 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-121
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