ubuntu-cve-2017-7655
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-03-27 20:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

In Eclipse Mosquitto version from 1.0 to 1.4.15, a Null Dereference vulnerability was found in the Mosquitto library which could lead to crashes for those applications using the library.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libmosquitto1",
            "binary_version": "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libmosquittopp1",
            "binary_version": "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "mosquitto",
            "binary_version": "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "mosquitto-clients",
            "binary_version": "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "mosquitto",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/mosquitto@1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.4.3-1",
        "1.4.4-1",
        "1.4.7-1",
        "1.4.8-1",
        "1.4.8-1build1",
        "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.2",
        "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.3",
        "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.4",
        "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.5",
        "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.6",
        "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libmosquitto1",
            "binary_version": "1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libmosquittopp1",
            "binary_version": "1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "mosquitto",
            "binary_version": "1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "mosquitto-clients",
            "binary_version": "1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "mosquitto",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/mosquitto@1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.4.12-1",
        "1.4.14-1",
        "1.4.14-2",
        "1.4.14-2build1",
        "1.4.15-1",
        "1.4.15-2",
        "1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.1",
        "1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.2",
        "1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In Eclipse Mosquitto version from 1.0 to 1.4.15, a Null Dereference vulnerability was found in the Mosquitto library which could lead to crashes for those applications using the library.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7655",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:14Z",
  "published": "2019-03-27T20:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7655"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=533775"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/commit/79a7b36d207c9142468a7ea33695a14181a9fd24"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4823-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7655"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4823-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-7655"
  ]
}



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