CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-2893
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
An exploitable NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the MQTT packet parsing functionality of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. An MQTT SUBSCRIBE packet can cause a NULL pointer dereference leading to server crash and denial of service. An attacker needs to send a specially crafted MQTT packet over the network to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• cesanta mongoose 6.8
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0400 Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0400 Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory