CVE-2021-34432

Summary

CVECVE-2021-34432
StatePUBLISHED
Assignereclipse
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-07-27 16:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-07-02 10:16:25 UTC
DescriptionIn Eclipse Mosquitto versions 2.0.7 and earlier, the server will crash if the client tries to send a PUBLISH packet with topic length = 0.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.012470000 probability, percentile 0.657280000 (date 2026-07-04)

Problem Types: CWE-20 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | CWE-20 CWE-20: Improper Input Validation


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Eclipse Mosquitto All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Mosquitto affected unspecified 2.0.7 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
574141 – (CVE-2021-34432) Remote crash in Mosquitto 2.0.7 when publish topic length is 0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.eclipse.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180361 Debian Security Update for mosquitto (CVE-2021-34432)
  • 500411 Alpine Linux Security Update for mosquitto
  • 501438 Alpine Linux Security Update for mosquitto
  • 501756 Alpine Linux Security Update for mosquitto
  • 504170 Alpine Linux Security Update for mosquitto
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