High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 13, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-17614
CVE-2018-17614
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Losant Arduino MQTT Client prior to V2.7. User interaction is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of MQTT PUBLISH packets. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6436.
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Affected products
2<2.7+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <2.7
- (no CPE)range: prior to V2.7
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References
2- zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1337nvdRelease NotesThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/knolleary/pubsubclient/releases/tag/v2.7nvdRelease Notes
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