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Denial of Service in mqtt-packet

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 18, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm mqtt-packet (npm)

Affected versions

< 3.4.6
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5

Patched versions

3.4.6
4.0.5

Description

Versions of mqtt-packet prior to 3.4.6, or 4.x prior to 4.0.5 are affected by a denial of service vulnerability wherein specific sequences of MQTT packets can crash the application.

Recommendation

Version 3.x: Update to version 3.4.6 or later.
Version 4.x: Update to version 4.0.5 or later.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 18, 2019
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(58th percentile)

Weaknesses

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2016-10523

GHSA ID

GHSA-g3r2-65gc-qpqc

Source code

No known source code
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