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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-2894

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.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:43 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-2894

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Nov 2017, 16:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2017-2894
Complete source record
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