CVE-2026-85442
highMOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 fails to validate packet length declarations in CMOOSCommPkt::OnBytesWritten(), allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger unb…
Vendor / product: Themoos — core-moos
MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 fails to validate packet length declarations in CMOOSCommPkt::OnBytesWritten(), allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger unbounded buffer allocation by sending crafted wire packets. Attackers can send packets with large declared lengths to exhaust server memory and cause denial of service before client authentication completes.
CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-03 23:17
Modified: 2026-10-14 23:30
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
themoos / core-moos <10.4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/libMOOS/Comms/MOOSCommPkt.cpp#L99
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/e7ea624a7b7828b47fcd35fc43feec1f5cfbbe21
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/81
References
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/li... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/e7ea624a7b7828b47fcd35fc43feec1f5cfbbe21 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/81 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-core-moos-through-10.4.0-moosdb-denial-of-servic... disclosure@vulncheck.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗