CVE-2026-85437: mit moos-ivp Out-of-bounds Write

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-85437 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in mit moos-ivp. EPSS estimates a 1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 03-09-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-09-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

MOOS-IvP through 24.8.1 contains multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in IvP function string decoders that trust attacker-controlled length fields without validation. Attackers can craft malicious encoded strings with mismatched declared and actual field lengths to overflow heap and stack buffers, potentially achieving remote code execution through MOOS variables or alog files.

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.