CVE-2023-3592 (GCVE-0-2023-3592)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-02 19:01 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:55
VLAI
Summary
In Mosquitto before 2.0.16, a memory leak occurs when clients send v5 CONNECT packets with a will message that contains invalid property types.
Severity
5.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Eclipse Mosquitto Affected: 0 , < 2.0.16 (semver)
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