CVE-2024-45038 HIGH

CVE-2024-45038: Device crash via malformed MQTT packet when downlink is enabled in Meshtastic device firmware

Vendor Meshtastic
Product firmware
Weakness CWE-755
Published August 27, 2024
Last update August 28, 2024

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Meshtastic device firmware is a firmware for meshtastic devices to run an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices. Meshtastic device firmware is subject to a denial of serivce vulnerability in MQTT handling, fixed in version 2.4.1 of the Meshtastic firmware and on the Meshtastic public MQTT Broker. It's strongly suggested that all users of Meshtastic, particularly those that connect to a privately hosted MQTT server, update to this or a more recent stable version right away. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 27, 2024 CVE published
August 28, 2024 Record updated