CVE-2017-2892

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2892
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2892.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-2892
Downstream
Published
2017-11-07T16:29:00.747Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:40:10.366287Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/cesanta/mongoose

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
acfc66cd60f5bfa7dc4d37194d72855c201e5710

Affected versions

3.*
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
4.*
4.0
4.1
5.*
5.0
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.5_20140120
5.6
6.*
6.0
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2892.json"