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CVE-2026-54412 (GCVE-0-2026-54412)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-14 17:26 – Updated: 2026-08-10 11:43

Title

MQTT-C Heap Out-of-Bounds Read and Integer Underflow in mqtt_unpack_publish_response()

Summary

LiamBindle MQTT-C through version 1.1.6 contains a heap-based out-of-bounds read and integer underflow in the mqtt_unpack_publish_response function in src/mqtt.c that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker controlling an MQTT broker - or able to inject MQTT traffic into an unencrypted session - to crash a subscribed MQTT-C client and potentially disclose adjacent heap memory by sending a single crafted PUBLISH packet.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/AU:Y/V:D

8.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-15 17:01 UTC

CWE

CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-191 - Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

Assigner

TuranSec

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/LiamBindle/MQTT-C	product
https://github.com/LiamBindle/MQTT-C/blob/v1.1.6/…	product
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html	technical-description
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/191.html	technical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
LiamBindle	MQTT-C	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.1.6 (semver)

Date Public

2026-06-14 17:26

Credits

Saidakbarxon Maxsudxonov

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FKIE_CVE-2026-54412

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-14 18:17 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:58

Severity

8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Summary

LiamBindle MQTT-C through version 1.1.6 contains a heap-based out-of-bounds read and integer underflow in the mqtt_unpack_publish_response() function in src/mqtt.c that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker controlling an MQTT broker - or able to inject MQTT traffic into an unencrypted session - to crash a subscribed MQTT-C client and potentially disclose adjacent heap memory by sending a single crafted PUBLISH packet. The function validates only that the fixed-header remaining_length is at least 4, then reads the 16-bit topic_name_size field from the broker-controlled packet and advances the parse pointer by that value without verifying that topic_name_size plus the surrounding overhead fits within remaining_length; it subsequently computes application_message_size as remaining_length - topic_name_size - 2 (QoS 0) or - 4 (QoS greater than 0) in unsigned arithmetic, producing an integer underflow that is then passed to memmove(). A PUBLISH packet with topic_name_size = 0xFFFF and remaining_length = 7 advances the parse pointer 65535 bytes past the receive buffer (out-of-bounds read) and causes an application_message_size near 2^32, crashing the process when the resulting memmove() is executed.

References

	URL	Tags
	309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
	309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/191.html
	309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c	https://github.com/LiamBindle/MQTT-C
	309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c	https://github.com/LiamBindle/MQTT-C/blob/v1.1.6/src/mqtt.c#L1334

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T10:58:13.520",
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          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
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GHSA-28CW-RPQC-WQQJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-14 18:32 – Updated: 2026-06-14 18:32

Details

Severity

8.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/AU:Y/V:D

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-54412"
  ],
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      "CWE-125"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-14T18:17:20Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-28cw-rpqc-wqqj",
  "modified": "2026-06-14T18:32:36Z",
  "published": "2026-06-14T18:32:36Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54412"
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/LiamBindle/MQTT-C"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/LiamBindle/MQTT-C/blob/v1.1.6/src/mqtt.c#L1334"
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:X/V:D/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
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}

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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