MOOS ui-moos through 50b9c6c uMS Buffer Overflow via Long MOOS Identifiers
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
MOOS ui-moos through 50b9c6c contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in ScopeTabPane.cpp and ScopeGrid.cpp where client and variable names are formatted into fixed 1024-byte buffers using sprintf without length validation. Attackers can supply arbitrarily long MOOS identifiers that overflow the buffers when an operator selects process list entries or pokes variables, enabling code execution.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
No affected products listed by the sources yet.
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-85452
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-44c2-mhg8-554v
References
More themoos vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-58653 MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 MOOSDB Out-of-Bounds Read via Short Packet CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-58638 MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 MOOSDB Pre-Authentication Heap Overflow via Negative Packet Length CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-58629 MOOS essential-moos through 10.0.1 pMOOSBridge Unauthenticated UDP Packet Injection CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-58626 MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 MOOSDB HTTP Server Unauthenticated Variable Write CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-58622 MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 Missing Authentication for MOOSDB Publish, Subscribe and DB_CLEAR CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-58631 MOOS essential-moos through 10.0.1 pShare Unauthorized Runtime Route Reconfiguration CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-85452 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-85452 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-44c2-mhg8-554v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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