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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-7654

In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.4.15 and earlier, a Memory Leak vulnerability was found within the Mosquitto Broker.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.19%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.19% probability · 81th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-401, CWE-772
Affected
eclipse/mosquitto · debian/debian linux
Source
emo@eclipse.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.