CVE-2017-7651 (GCVE-0-2017-7651)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-24 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:12
VLAI
Summary
In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.4.14, a user can shutdown the Mosquitto server simply by filling the RAM memory with a lot of connections with large payload. This can be done without authentications if occur in connection phase of MQTT protocol.
CWE
  • CWE-789 - Uncontrolled Memory Allocation
Assigner
eclipse CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 186 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Mosquitto Affected: 1.4.14
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Date Public
2018-01-12 00:00
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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Vulnerability timeline

Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

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