PT-2020-7946 · Mqtt · Mqtt

Published 2020-09-01 · Updated 2020-09-01 · CVE-2016-1000242

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: mqtt versions prior to 1.0.0

Description: The issue causes the node process to crash when receiving specially crafted MQTT packets, making the application susceptible to a denial of service condition.

Recommendations: Update to v1.0.0 or later

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-248

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-1000242

GHSA-HG78-C92R-HVWR

Affected Products

Mqtt

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hg78-c92r-hvwr · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000242 · Security Note
• https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js/blob/388a084d7803934b18b43c1146c817deaa1396b1/lib/parse.js#L230 · Note
• https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/140 · Note
• https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:mqtt:20160817 · Note