CVE-2024-45038CWE-755

Device crash via malformed MQTT packet when downlink is enabled in Meshtastic device firmware

High · published August 27, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
47.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Meshtastic device firmware is a firmware for meshtastic devices to run an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices. Meshtastic device firmware is subject to a denial of serivce vulnerability in MQTT handling, fixed in version 2.4.1 of the Meshtastic firmware and on the Meshtastic public MQTT Broker. It's strongly suggested that all users of Meshtastic, particularly those that connect to a privately hosted MQTT server, update to this or a more recent stable version right away. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00596 · 47.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-755 · Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Published
2024-08-27T20:36Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 AUG 20:36Z
    Device crash via malformed MQTT packet when downlink is enabled in Meshtastic device firmware
    cvelistv5