CVE-2019-11779 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2019-11779

In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.5.0 to 1.6.5 inclusive, if a malicious...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

The Eclipse Foundation

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Affected Software

Eclipse Mosquitto
Vulnerable Versions:
1.5.0 to 1.6.5 inclusive

Timeline

Official Publish: September 19th, 2019
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)