CVE-2023-2905

Due to a failure in validating the length of a provided MQTT_CMD_PUBLISH parsed message with a variable length header, Cesanta Mongoose, an embeddable web server, version 7.10 is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the default configuration. Version 7.9 and prior does not appear to be vulnerable. This issue is resolved in version 7.11.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
8.8 HIGH
ADJACENT_NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 60.84%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
cesantamongoose
7.10
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
mongoose
forky
7.22+ds-1
fixed
sid
7.22+ds-1
fixed
swupdate
bookworm
no-dsa
bullseye
postponed
forky
2026.05.1+dfsg-1
fixed
sid
2026.05.1+dfsg-1
fixed
trixie
2024.12.1+dfsg-3+deb13u2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
swupdate
jammy
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
resolute
not-affected