Buffer overflow in Mit Moos-Ivp
CVE-2026-85437
MOOS-IvP through 24.8.1 contains multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in IvP function string decoders that trust attacker-controlled length fields without validation. Attackers can craft malicious encoded strings with mismatched declared and actual field lengths to overflow heap and stack buffers, potentially achieving remote code execution through MOOS variables or alog files.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (72.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.008
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp (Product, product)
- github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/blob/1de9ae146cd63c209e8c3fd81611a4ed2472971b/ivp/… (technical-description, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/commit/81ca795fcfd62b42002d277f5a2390f4c8ab8c7f (Patch, patch, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/pull/125 (issue-tracking, Patch, patch, Issue Tracking)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-ivp-through-24.8.1-buffer-overflow-in-ivp-fun… (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-85437?
- CVE-2026-85437 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mit Moos-Ivp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-09-03.
- How severe is CVE-2026-85437?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.