Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-28166 |
CWE-ID | CWE-476 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Eclipse Mosquitto Server applications / Other server solutions |
Vendor | Eclipse |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU51973
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28166
CWE-ID:
CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in Eclipse Mosquitto when processing CONNACK messages. A remote authenticated user connected with MQTT v5 can send a specially crafted CONNACK message to the broker, trigger a NULL pointer dereference error and crash the service.
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Vulnerable software versionsEclipse Mosquitto: 2.0.0 - 2.0.9
External linkshttp://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=572608
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.