CVE-2023-3592 (GCVE-0-2023-3592)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-02 19:01 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In Mosquitto before 2.0.16, a memory leak occurs when clients send v5 CONNECT packets with a will message that contains invalid property types.
Severity
5.8 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
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