Buffer overflow in Mongoose - CVE-2018-19587
Published: November 27, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36385
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19587
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Mongoose
How to mitigate CVE-2018-19587
Install update from vendor's website.