CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-35492

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: May 29, 2024 | Modified: Aug 20, 2024

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35492
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

Cesanta Mongoose commit b316989 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the scpy function at src/fmt.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted MQTT packet.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Potential Mitigations

References

https://github.com/zzh-newlearner/MQTT_Crash/blob/main/Mongoose_null_pointer.md

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