The Texting Network for the End of the World

Everyone knows what it’s like to lose cell service. A burgeoning open source project called Meshtastic is filling the gap for when you’re in the middle of nowhere—or when disaster strikes...

CVE-2024-51500

Meshtastic firmware is a device firmware for the Meshtastic project. The Meshtastic firmware does not check for packets claiming to be from the special broadcast address 0xFFFFFFFF which could result in unexpected behavior and potential for DDoS attacks on the network. A malicious actor could cra...

CVE-2024-51500

The CVE-2024-51500 entry affects Meshtastic firmware. Description details that the firmware does not inspect packets from the special broadcast address 0xFFFFFFFF, enabling a malicious actor to craft a broadcast-like packet that amplifies a single message into multiple messages across every node,...