CVE-2016-10523

HIGH

mqtt-packet < 3.4.6 - Denial of Service via Crafted MQTT Packets

Title source: llm

Description

MQTT before 3.4.6 and 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows specifically crafted MQTT packets to crash the application, making a DoS attack feasible with very little bandwidth.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/mcollina/mosca/issues/393

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/75

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/mqttjs/mqtt-packet/pull/8

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0246

EPSS Percentile 82.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-119 CWE-400

Status published

Products (2)

mqtt-packet_project/mqtt-packet < 3.4.6

npm/mqtt-packet 0 - 3.4.6npm

Published May 31, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026