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CVE-2026-85445: MOOS-IvP through 24.8.1 BHV_IPF Demultiplexer Memory Exhaustion via Packet Count

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-03 · updated 2026-10-14
• Weakness: CWE-789

Description

MOOS-IvP through 24.8.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the Demuxer::addMuxPacket() function that trusts the packet count declared in mux headers without validation. Attackers can declare arbitrarily large packet counts to trigger unbounded memory allocation, exhausting system resources and causing service unavailability.

Affected products

• moos-ivp: before 24.8.1 — fixed in 24.8.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: moos-ivp 24.8.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp
• https://github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/blob/1de9ae146cd63c209e8c3fd81611a4ed2472971b/ivp/src/lib_ivpbuild/Demuxer.cpp#L79
• https://github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/commit/fc5649ac12915f66a9f09520cdb6b14bc6d77595
• https://github.com/moos-ivp/moos-ivp/pull/129
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moos-ivp-through-24.8.1-bhv-ipf-demultiplexer-memory-exhaustion-via-packet-count

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