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CVE-2017-7651
In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.4.14, a user can shutdown the Mosquitto server simply by filling the RAM memory with a lot of connections with…
High7.5EPSS 5.1%
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Description
In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.4.14, a user can shutdown the Mosquitto server simply by filling the RAM memory with a lot of connections with large payload. This can be done without authentications if occur in connection phase of MQTT protocol.
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)
- 5.1% · top 7.6% of all CVEs (3 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
The Eclipse Foundation · Eclipse Mosquitto
- affected 1.4.14
References (5)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180331 [SECURITY] [DLA 1334-1] mosquitto security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://mosquitto.org/blog/2018/02/security-advisory-cve-2017-7651-cve-2017-7652/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180629 [SECURITY] [DLA 1409-1] mosquitto security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4325 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=529754 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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