CVE-2024-8376
Published: October 16, 2024Last modified: June 16, 2025
Description
In Eclipse Mosquitto up to version 2.0.18a, an attacker can achieve memory leaking, segmentation fault or heap-use-after-free by sending specific sequences of "CONNECT", "DISCONNECT", "SUBSCRIBE", "UNSUBSCRIBE" and "PUBLISH" packets.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | mosquitto | Vulnerable (2.0.15-r1) |
| Stream | mosquitto | Vulnerable (2.0.15-r3) |
References
- https://github.com/eclipse-mosquitto/mosquitto/commit/1914b3ee2a18102d0a94cbdbbfeae1afa03edd17
- https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/releases/tag/v2.0.19
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/26
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/216
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/217
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/218
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/227
- https://mosquitto.org/