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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 28, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-20578

CVE-2018-20578

Description

An issue was discovered in NuttX before 7.27. The function netlib_parsehttpurl() in apps/netutils/netlib/netlib_parsehttpurl.c mishandles URLs longer than hostlen bytes (in the webclient, this is set by default to 40), leading to an Infinite Loop. The attack vector is the Location header of an HTTP 3xx response.

Affected products

3
  • Apache/Nuttxinferred
    Range: <7.27
  • NuttX/NuttX2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:nuttx:nuttx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:nuttx:nuttx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <7.27
    • (no CPE)range: <7.27

Patches

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