rabbitmq-c is a C-language AMQP client library for RabbitMQ. Prior to version 0.17.0, the bounds check (*offset = o + len) <= encoded.len overflows when o + len > SIZE_MAX on 32-bit systems. len is a uint32_t read from the AMQP wire as a BYTES/UTF8 field length. The overflow wraps the check to a small value that passes, producing a decoded amqp_bytes_t with a multi-GB .len pointing into a small frame buffer. This results in an out-of-bounds read of up to ~4GB of process memory on 32-bit systems (ARM, MIPS, x86 ILP32, embedded IoT AMQP clients). Enabling information disclosure or denial of service. Not exploitable on 64-bit systems where size_t is 64-bit. This issue has been patched in version 0.17.0.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade librabbitmq | Aug 19, 2026 | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade rabbitmq-c | Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade librabbitmq4 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade librabbitmq-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade librabbitmq4Upgrade amqp-tools (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade librabbitmq1 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade librabbitmq-devUpgrade amqp-tools | Sep 14, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 |
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