CVE-2021-41039 (GCVE-0-2021-41039)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-01 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:59
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Summary
In versions 1.6 to 2.0.11 of Eclipse Mosquitto, an MQTT v5 client connecting with a large number of user-property properties could cause excessive CPU usage, leading to a loss of performance and possible denial of service.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
eclipse CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 186 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Mosquitto Affected: 1.6 , < unspecified (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2.0.11 (custom)
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Credits
This issue was discovered and reported by Zhanxiang Song, Bin Yuan, DeQing Zou, Hai Jin, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech.; Luyi Xing, IU; Yan Jia, Nankai University
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