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TI-2020-08128 Aliases CVE-2020-10071GHSA-x73g-qmcm-3qgq

Insufficient publish message length validation in MQTT

Priority MEDIUM 48CWE-120Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The Zephyr MQTT parsing code performs insufficient checking of the length field on publish messages, allowing a buffer overflow and potentially remote code execution. NCC-ZEP-031 This issue affects: zephyrproject-rtos zephyr version 2.2.0 and later versions.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03395 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
zephyrprojectzephyr2.2.0 and later—No fix listedCNA
  • zephyr Vendorzephyrproject Affected 2.2.0 and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:zephyrproject:zephyr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.2.0Vulnerablezephyrproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:zephyrproject:zephyr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.2.0 Vulnerable ·zephyrproject

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    zephyrproject-rtos zephyr unspecified

    6 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM, 3 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2020-08127 MQTT buffer overflow on receive bufferPriority MEDIUM 47
    • TI-2020-08119 Packet length decoding error in MQTTPriority MEDIUM 47
    • TI-2020-08118 Error handling invalid packet sequencePriority LOW 39
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-10071
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x73g-qmcm-3qgq

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

  • TI-2026-04422 Out-of-bounds read/write in HTTP WebSocket upgrade via non-null-terminated Sec-WebSocket-Key CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-01361 dns: memory‑safety issue in the DNS name parser CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-09174 Unterminated URI buffer causes out-of-bounds read in LwM2M firmware pull (Package URI) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-09168 Stack buffer overflow in `net_ipaddr_parse()` IPv4 address-with-port parsing in `subsys/net/ip/utils.c` CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-09625 net: lib: http_server: Buffer Under-read CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2021-02863 Usb bluetooth device ACL read cb buffer overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
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Sources

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