CVE-2019-12951
Publication date 24 June 2019
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
An issue was discovered in Mongoose before 6.15. The parse_mqtt() function in mg_mqtt.c has a critical heap-based buffer overflow.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| smplayer | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Notes
alexmurray
smplayer in >= bionic contains an embedded copy of mongoose
ebarretto
smplayer embeds a copy, which is unused in any released version and disabled since 18.5.0~ds1-1
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
9.8 · Critical
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |