What is CVE-2018-19587?

CVE-2018-19587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-11-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-19587?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Cesanta Mongoose

CVE-2018-19587

In Cesanta Mongoose 6.13, a SIGSEGV exists in the mongoose.c mg_mqtt_add_session() function.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (57.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cesanta Mongoose — versions 6.13
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19587?: CVE-2018-19587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-11-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-19587?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.