NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting cesanta/mongoose package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-CESANTAMONGOOSE-7173085
  • published 31 May 2024
  • disclosed 29 May 2024
  • credit Zehui

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for cesanta/mongoose.

Overview

cesanta/mongoose is a networking library for C/C++. It implements event-driven non-blocking APIs for TCP, UDP, HTTP, WebSocket, MQTT.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the scpy function at src/fmt.c. An attacker can disrupt service by sending a specially crafted MQTT packet.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High