CVE-2017-7651 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.4.14, affecting various Debian-based distributions. An unauthenticated attacker can crash the Mosquitto server by initiating numerous connections with large payloads, leading to memory exhaustion. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) requires no authentication and has a low attack complexity, allowing for a complete denial of service. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.4.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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