Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU36385

Buffer overflow in Mongoose - CVE-2018-19587

Published: November 27, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU36385

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19587

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Cesanta Software Ltd.

Affected software:
Mongoose

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

In Cesanta Mongoose 6.13, a SIGSEGV exists in the mongoose.c mg_mqtt_add_session() function.

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