Security Advisory

CVE-2017-2892

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2017-11-07 16:00:00
Last updated 2024-09-16 23:51:31
Assigner talos
CVSS score 9.8
State PUBLISHED

Description

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