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.
EPSS: 0.022 (80.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Eclipse Mosquitto
- The Eclipse Foundation Mosquitto — versions unspecified
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- emo@eclipse.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- emo@eclipse.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
- emo@eclipse.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- emo@eclipse.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, 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.