CVE-2018-12543 describes an assertion failure vulnerability in Eclipse Mosquitto versions 1.5 through 1.5.2. Publishing a message with a topic starting with '$' but not '$SYS' can trigger an unhandled assertion, causing the Mosquitto broker to crash and exit. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable issue with low attack complexity and high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.5.0, <= 1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.5.2CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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