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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-34431

In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.6 to 2.0.10, if an authenticated client that had connected with MQTT v5 sent a crafted CONNECT message to the broker a memory leak would occur, which could be used to provide a DoS attack against the broker.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.11%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.6 to 2.0.10, if an authenticated client that had connected with MQTT v5 sent a crafted CONNECT message to the broker a memory leak would occur, which could be used to provide a DoS attack against the broker.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.11% probability · 64th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-401
Affected
eclipse/mosquitto
Source
emo@eclipse.org

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