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.
Published: 2018-11-21
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: 6.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:37:10.864Z

Reserved: 2018-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-19417

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-11-21T20:29:00.307

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:57:53.160

Link: CVE-2018-19417

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