CVE-2017-2894

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2894
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2894.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-2894
Downstream
Published
2017-11-07T16:29:00.810Z
Modified
2026-07-09T01:44:13.922527Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An exploitable stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the MQTT packet parsing functionality of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. A specially crafted MQTT SUBSCRIBE packet can cause a stack buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. An attacker needs to send a specially crafted MQTT packet over the network to trigger this vulnerability.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/cesanta/mongoose

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose
Events
Introduced
acfc66cd60f5bfa7dc4d37194d72855c201e5710
Last affected
acfc66cd60f5bfa7dc4d37194d72855c201e5710
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:cesanta:mongoose:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "6.8"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "6.8"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

6.*
6.8

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2894.json"