CVE-2018-19417

Published Nov 21, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 5.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-11109 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:37 AM
Reserved
Nov 21, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 21, 2018, 8:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:49 AM