Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-19417
Potential exploit
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.
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute code
Products affected by CVE-2018-19417
- cpe:2.3:a:contiki-ng:contiki-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-19417
6.15%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 90 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2018-19417
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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10.0
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
10.0
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10.0
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NIST | |
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10.0
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CRITICAL | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
3.9
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6.0
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2018-19417
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2018-19417
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https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/issues/600
Stack based buffer overflow while parsing MQTT messages (parsing PUBLISH message with variable length header) · Issue #600 · contiki-ng/contiki-ng · GitHubExploit;Third Party Advisory
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