CVE-2016-10523

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    CVE-2016-10523

    Published: 31 May 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: MQTT before 3.4.6 and 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows specifically crafted MQTT packets to crash the application, making a DoS attack feasible with very little bandwidth.

    References: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/75, https://github.com/mcollina/mosca/issues/393, https://github.com/mqttjs/mqtt-packet/pull/8

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -f7efa3bf2221f8b2027c9c66bc0475d82c2126d7

    Affected versions

    v4.0.4
    v4.0.2
    v4.0.1
    v4.0.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High