VYPR
Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-2892

CVE-2017-2892

Description

An exploitable arbitrary memory read vulnerability exists in the MQTT packet parsing functionality of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. A specially crafted MQTT packet can cause an arbitrary out-of-bounds memory read and write potentially resulting in information disclosure, denial of service and remote code execution. An attacker needs to send a specially crafted MQTT packet over the network to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

2
  • Cesanta/Mongoose2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:cesanta:mongoose:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:cesanta:mongoose:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 6.8

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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