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    CVE-2018-19417

    An issue was discovered in the MQTT server in Contiki-NG before 4.2. The function parse_publish_vhdr() that parses MQTT PUBLISH messages with a variable length header uses memcpy to input data into a fixed size buffer. The allocated buffer can fit only MQTT_MAX_TOPIC_LENGTH (default 64) bytes, and a length check is missing. This could lead to Remote Code Execution via a stack-smashing attack (overwriting the function return address). Contiki-NG does not separate the MQTT server from other servers and the OS modules, so access to all memory regions is possible.

    Published:Nov 21, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Nov 21, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.06154
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Contiki-ng
    Product
    Contiki-ng

    Exploits

    https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/issues/600https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/issues/600

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High