CVE-2021-28166 is a vulnerability in Eclipse Mosquitto
Published on April 7, 2021
In Eclipse Mosquitto version 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, if an authenticated client that had connected with MQTT v5 sent a crafted CONNACK message to the broker, a NULL pointer dereference would occur.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-28166 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. NULL pointer dereference issues can occur through a number of flaws, including race conditions, and simple programming omissions.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-28166
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Affected Versions
The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Mosquitto:- Version 2.0 and below unspecified is affected.
- Version unspecified, <= 2.0.9 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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