Security Advisory

CVE-2017-2893

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2017-11-07 16:00:00
Last updated 2024-09-17 00:51:27
Assigner talos
CVSS score 7.5
State PUBLISHED

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.