Vulnerability in Eclipse Mosquitto
CVE-2017-7654
In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.4.15 and earlier, a Memory Leak vulnerability was found within the Mosquitto Broker. Unauthenticated clients can send crafted CONNECT packets which could cause a denial of service in the Mosquitto Broker.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.022 (81.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Eclipse Mosquitto
- The Eclipse Foundation Mosquitto — versions unspecified
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00036.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4325 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4023-1/ (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-7654?
- CVE-2017-7654 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Mosquitto, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-05.
- How severe is CVE-2017-7654?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-7654 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.