CVE-2021-28166

Published on: 04/07/2021 12:00:00 AM UTC

Last Modified on: 04/13/2021 09:42:00 PM UTC

CVE-2021-28166

Source: Mitre
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Certain versions of Mosquitto from Eclipse contain the following vulnerability:

In Eclipse Mosquitto version 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, if an authenticated client that had connected with MQTT v5 sent a crafted CONNACK message to the broker, a NULL pointer dereference would occur.

  • CVE-2021-28166 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.
  • Affected Vendor/Software: The Eclipse Foundation - Eclipse Mosquitto version >= 2.0
  • Affected Vendor/Software: The Eclipse Foundation - Eclipse Mosquitto version <= 2.0.9

CVSS3 Score: 6.5 - MEDIUM

Attack
Vector ⓘ		 Attack
Complexity		 Privileges
Required		 User
Interaction
NETWORK LOW LOW NONE
Scope Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
UNCHANGED NONE NONE HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 4 - MEDIUM

Access
Vector ⓘ		 Access
Complexity		 Authentication
NETWORK LOW SINGLE
Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
NONE NONE PARTIAL

CVE References

Description Tags ⓘ Link
572608 – (CVE-2021-28166) Mosquitto: CVE request - NULL pointer dereference on crafted CONNACK bugs.eclipse.org
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
ApplicationEclipseMosquittoAllAllAllAll
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

Social Mentions

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