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

CVE-2017-2894

CVE-2017-2894

Description

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.

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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