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High · 8.2 CVE-2017-2895 EUVD-2017-12036GHSA-832h-88fp-g9w5

An exploitable arbitrary memory read vulnerability exists in the MQTT packet parsing functionality of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. A specially cra…

Published Nov 7, 2017 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by talos

Description

An exploitable arbitrary memory read vulnerability exists in the MQTT packet parsing functionality of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. A specially crafted MQTT SUBSCRIBE packet can cause an arbitrary out-of-bounds memory read potentially resulting in information disclosure and denial of service. An attacker needs to send a specially crafted MQTT packet over the network to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cesanta Mongoose 6.8 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 smplayer 18.5.0~ds1-1 —
Debian 13 smplayer 18.5.0~ds1-1 —
Debian 12 smplayer 18.5.0~ds1-1 —

References