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.
History

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First Time appeared Tinyos
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Vendors & Products Tinyos
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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.
Title TinyOS <= 2.1.2 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in mcp2200gpio
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-12T23:02:45.973Z

Reserved: 2026-01-06T16:47:17.187Z

Link: CVE-2026-22212

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-12T23:15:52.140

Modified: 2026-01-12T23:15:52.140

Link: CVE-2026-22212

cve-icon Redhat

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