CVE 4.8 MEDIUM

TinyOS <= 2.1.2 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in mcp2200gpio_CVE-2026-22212

4.8 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

TinyOS versions up to and including 2.1.2 contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the mcp2200gpio utility. The vulnerability is caused by unsafe use of strcpy() and strcat() functions when constructing device paths during automatic device discovery. A local attacker can exploit this by creating specially crafted filenames under /dev/usb/, leading to stack memory corruption and application crashes.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-22212
Source VulnCheck
Published Jan 12, 2026 at 23:02

Affected Product

Vendor TinyOS
Product TinyOS
Affected Versions TinyOS TinyOS 0

CWE Classification

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