Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.122
EPSS Ranking 93.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
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