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TI-2017-05289 Aliases CVE-2017-7653GHSA-9xf7-gm92-xr5m

Improper input validation in Eclipse Mosquitto

Priority LOW 27CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The Eclipse Mosquitto broker up to version 1.4.15 does not reject strings that are not valid UTF-8. A malicious client could cause other clients that do reject invalid UTF-8 strings to disconnect themselves from the broker by sending a topic string which is not valid UTF-8, and so cause a denial of service for the clients.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01444 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Eclipse FoundationEclipse Mosquittoup to 1.4.15—No fix listedCNA
  • Eclipse Mosquitto VendorEclipse Foundation Affected up to 1.4.15 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.4.15VulnerableEclipse Foundation
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.4.15 Vulnerable ·Eclipse Foundation
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Mosquitto — USN-4023-1

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7653
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9xf7-gm92-xr5m

References

Advisory 5

  • TI-2024-09749 Eclipse Mosquito: Heap Buffer Overflow in my_subscribe_callback CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2018-09002 Reachable assertion in Eclipse Mosquitto CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-12912 The broker in Eclipse Mosquitto 1.3.2 through 2.x before 2.0.16 has a memory leak that… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-05287 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Eclipse Mosquitto CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-05183 Unconditionally adding an event to the epoll causes excessive CPU consumption CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-09010 Improper authentication in Eclipse Mosquitto CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
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Sources

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