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2 vulnerabilities found for aws-c-mqtt by AWS
CVE-2026-115417 (GCVE-0-2026-115417)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-10-22 20:34 – Updated: 2026-10-22 20:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Memory allocation with excessive size value in the MQTT 3.1.1 compatibility adapter in aws-c-mqtt
Summary
Memory allocation with excessive size value in the MQTT 3.1.1 compatibility adapter in AWS aws-c-mqtt before 0.16.2 might allow a remote actor to cause a denial of service of the client application.
To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to aws-c-mqtt 0.16.2 or later, or to an AWS Common Runtime or AWS IoT Device SDK release that bundles it.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-789 - Memory allocation with excessive size value
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-mqtt/releases/ta… | release-notespatch |
| https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-mqtt/security/ad… | third-party-advisory |
| https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletin… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | aws-c-mqtt |
Affected:
0.9.1 , < 0.16.2
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CVE-2026-115417 (GCVE-0-2026-115417)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-22 20:34 – Updated: 2026-10-22 20:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Memory allocation with excessive size value in the MQTT 3.1.1 compatibility adapter in aws-c-mqtt
Summary
Memory allocation with excessive size value in the MQTT 3.1.1 compatibility adapter in AWS aws-c-mqtt before 0.16.2 might allow a remote actor to cause a denial of service of the client application.
To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to aws-c-mqtt 0.16.2 or later, or to an AWS Common Runtime or AWS IoT Device SDK release that bundles it.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-789 - Memory allocation with excessive size value
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-mqtt/releases/ta… | release-notespatch |
| https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-mqtt/security/ad… | third-party-advisory |
| https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletin… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | aws-c-mqtt |
Affected:
0.9.1 , < 0.16.2
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