Out-of-bounds read in Mongoose - CVE-2017-2895
Published: November 2, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9105
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2895
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cesanta Software Ltd.
Affected software:
Mongoose
Mongoose
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the MQTT packet parsing functionality due to out-of-bounds memory read. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted MQTT packet over network to cause an arbitrary out-of-bounds memory read and write potentially resulting in information disclosure and denial of service.
The weakness exists in the MQTT packet parsing functionality due to out-of-bounds memory read. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted MQTT packet over network to cause an arbitrary out-of-bounds memory read and write potentially resulting in information disclosure and denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2895
Update to version 6.10.