7.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-2893

Published: 07/11/2017 Updated: 07/06/2022
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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.

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Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #898943 Multiple vulnerabiliities in Mongoose Package: src:smplayer; Maintainer for src:smplayer is Debian Multimedia Maintainers <debian-multimedia@listsdebianorg>; Reported by: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@debianorg> Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 16:51:02 UTC Severity: grave Tags: security Fixed in ...