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CVE-2016-10523
MQTT before 3.4.6 and 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows specifically crafted MQTT packets to crash the application, making a DoS attack feasible…
High7.5EPSS 2.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- hackerone
Description
MQTT before 3.4.6 and 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows specifically crafted MQTT packets to crash the application, making a DoS attack feasible with very little bandwidth.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
HackerOne · mqtt-packet node module
- affected <3.4.6 || > 4.0.0 <4.0.5
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmmqtt-packetGHSA-g3r2-65gc-qpqc (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/mcollina/mosca/issues/393 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/75 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/mqttjs/mqtt-packet/pull/8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-g3r2-65gc-qpqc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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