CVE-2023-3592

mosquitto: memory leak leads to unresponsive broker

Published Oct 2, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5511-1 mosquitto security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-44242 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6492-1 Mosquitto vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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. 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
eclipse
Published
Updated
Feb 13, 2025, 4:55 PM
Reserved
Jul 10, 2023, 3:11 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 2, 2023, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:14 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 1, 2023, 12:00 AM