High
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-2893
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2017-2893
Complete source record
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