CVE-2025-56353
HIGHtinymqtt - Denial of Service via Malformed UTF-8 Topic Filter Memory Leak
Title source: llmDescription
In tinyMQTT commit 6226ade15bd4f97be2d196352e64dd10937c1962 (2024-02-18), a memory leak occurs due to the broker's failure to validate or reject malformed UTF-8 strings in topic filters. An attacker can exploit this by sending repeated subscription requests with arbitrarily large or invalid filter payloads. Each request causes memory to be allocated for the malformed topic filter, but the broker does not free the associated memory, leading to unbounded heap growth and potential denial of service under sustained attack.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/JustDoIt0910/tinyMQTT/issues/19
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0029
EPSS Percentile
20.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (1)
justdoit0910/tinymqtt
2024-02-18
Published
Jan 20, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026