CVE-2023-2905
Due to a failure in validating the length of a provided MQTT_CMD_PUBLISH parsed message with a variable length header, Cesanta Mongoose, an embeddable web server, version 7.10 is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the default…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.01%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Due to a failure in validating the length of a provided MQTT_CMD_PUBLISH parsed message with a variable length header, Cesanta Mongoose, an embeddable web server, version 7.10 is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the default configuration. Version 7.9 and prior does not appear to be vulnerable. This issue is resolved in version 7.11.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.01% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-787
- Affected
- cesanta/mongoose
- Source
- cve@takeonme.org
References
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/pull/2274Patch
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/releases/tag/7.11Release Notes
- https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-2905.htmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/pull/2274Patch
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/releases/tag/7.11Release Notes
- https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-2905.htmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.