MOOS core-moos through 10.4.0 contains a buffer over-read vulnerability in CMOOSCommPkt where a four-byte packet triggers out-of-bounds memory access during deserialization. Attackers can open a TCP connection to the MOOSDB port and send a crafted short packet to read memory before authentication.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/blob/ec9c77c68fcbdef8f5e4c60fe243acd223433f0c/Core/libMOOS/Comms/MOOSCommPkt.cpp#L228 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/d30c14585753f9ae39749d9628ed15c8383f0568 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/75 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 8.8 · themoosNVD modified 2026-10-14 23:33
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/MOOSCommPkt.cpp#L228 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/commit/d30c14585753f9ae39749d9628ed15c8383f0568 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/themoos/core-moos/pull/75 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-core-moos-through-10.4.0-moosdb-out-of-bounds-read-via-short-packet Third Party Advisory