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CVE-2019-19307

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 41.6% (pctl 99)

Patch early

EPSS 41.6% — above the 10% action threshold.

Description

An integer overflow in parse_mqtt in mongoose.c in Cesanta Mongoose 6.16 allows an attacker to achieve remote DoS (infinite loop), or possibly cause an out-of-bounds write, by sending a crafted MQTT protocol packet.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS41.62% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-125
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2019-11-26
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
cesantamongoose

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD