7.5

CVE-2021-42145: contiki-ng tinydtls

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
Published 24-01-2024Last modified 20-06-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-42145 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in contiki-ng tinydtls. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.43%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 24-01-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-06-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An assertion failure discovered in in check_certificate_request() in Contiki-NG tinyDTLS through master branch 53a0d97 allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.43% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Contiki-ng1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links