CVE-2023-33656

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Published May 30, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A memory leak vulnerability exists in NanoMQ 0.17.2. The vulnerability is located in the file message.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack by causing the program to consume all available memory resources.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:emqx:nanomq:0.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-37812	A memory leak vulnerability exists in NanoMQ 0.17.2. The vulnerability is located in the file message.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack by causing the program to consume all available memory resources.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.383% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/emqx/nanomq
https://github.com/emqx/nanomq/issues/1164
https://github.com/emqx/nanomq/issues/1165#issuecomment-1515667127

History

Jan 10, 2025 10:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Emqx Nanomq

Weaknesses

CWE-770

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 10, 2025, 9:22 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 30, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jan 10, 2025, 9:22 PM
Reserved: May 22, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 3:47 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 3:47 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:02 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 30, 2023, 6:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:02 AM

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