Unauthenticated daemon crash via truncated SDNV
Published Sep 2, 2026 · Updated Sep 2, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in ION-DTN before 4.2.0 allows remote attackers to crash network-facing daemons with truncated SDNV values. The decodeSdnv loop in ici/library/platform.c advances its cursor while the continuation bit remains set without checking the input length, reading up to nine bytes beyond the datagram. The LTP UDP input service must be reachable; a two-byte packet reaches the decoder before authentication, with availability as the confirmed impact.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in ION-DTN before 4.2.0 allows remote attackers to crash network-facing daemons with truncated SDNV values. The decodeSdnv loop in ici/library/platform.c advances its cursor while the continuation bit remains set without checking the input length, reading up to nine bytes beyond the datagram. The LTP UDP input service must be reachable; a two-byte packet reaches the decoder before authentication, with availability as the confirmed impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-84484
- Published
- Sep 2, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 2, 2026
- Vendor
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Product
- ION-DTN
- Classifications
- CWE-125, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <4.2.0
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- Truncated LTP SDNV UDP datagram proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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