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.

CVSS v3 10.0 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

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CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/issues/600	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:contiki-ng:contiki-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-11-21 20:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:48

NVD link : CVE-2018-19417

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19417

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-19417

JSON object : View

Products Affected

contiki-ng

contiki-ng

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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