MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 fails to validate that serialized string lengths are non-negative in CMOOSMsg::operator>>. Unauthenticated attackers can send a crafted message with a negative length value to the MOOSDB port, causing an unhandled exception that terminates the database process.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/libMOOS/Comms/MOOSMsg.cpp#L453 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/04c92981091fdaa2ff85e2ba7eff94f6288bdbaf Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/74 Issue Tracking, Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.7 · themoosNVD modified 2026-10-14 23:30
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:themoos:core-moos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos Product
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/libMOOS/Comms/MOOSMsg.cpp#L453 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/04c92981091fdaa2ff85e2ba7eff94f6288bdbaf Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/74 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-core-moos-through-10.4.0-moosdb-denial-of-service-via-negative-serialized-string-length Third Party Advisory