Description
In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.5.0 to 1.6.5 inclusive, if a malicious MQTT client sends a SUBSCRIBE packet containing a topic that consists of approximately 65400 or more '/' characters, i.e. the topic hierarchy separator, then a stack overflow will occur.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 6.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| The Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse Mosquitto | 1.5.0 to 1.6.5 inclusive |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00077.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=551160Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D4WMHIM64Q35NGTR6R3ILZUL4MA4ANB5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HFWQBNFTAVHPUYNGYO2TCPF5PCSWC2Z7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JWNVTFA2CKXERXRYPYE2YFTZP4GNBGYY/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/25Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4137-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4570Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00077.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=551160Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D4WMHIM64Q35NGTR6R3ILZUL4MA4ANB5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HFWQBNFTAVHPUYNGYO2TCPF5PCSWC2Z7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JWNVTFA2CKXERXRYPYE2YFTZP4GNBGYY/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/25Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4137-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4570Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 19, 2019
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified