CVE-2017-2893

high · 7.5

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.

7.5

CVSS

24.9%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

98th

EPSS percentile

2017-11-07

Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
cesanta	mongoose	6.8

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References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0400
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0400

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2017-2893