CVE-2024-8376

Memory leak

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v4

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

NVD
RedHat

In Eclipse Mosquitto up to version 2.0.18a, an attacker can achieve memory leaking, segmentation fault or heap-use-after-free by sending specific sequences of "CONNECT", "DISCONNECT", "SUBSCRIBE", "UNSUBSCRIBE" and "PUBLISH" packets.

A flaw was found in Eclipse Mosquitto. A remote attacker may be able to trigger memory leakage, segmentation fault, or a heap-use-after-free condition by sending specific sequences of "CONNECT", "DISCONNECT", "SUBSCRIBE", "UNSUBSCRIBE", and "PUBLISH" packets.

*Credits: Roman Kraus (Fraunhofer FOKUS), Steffen Lüdtke (Fraunhofer FOKUS), Martin Schneider (Fraunhofer FOKUS), Ramon Barakat (Fraunhofer FOKUS)

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Attack Requirements

None

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

System

Vulnerable | Subsequent

Confidentiality

High

None

Integrity

Low

None

Availability

High

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-09-02 CVE Reserved
2024-10-11 CVE Published
2024-10-31 CVE Updated
2024-11-16 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CWE-416: Use After Free
CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/216	Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/217	Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/218	Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/227	Issue Tracking
https://mosquitto.org	Product

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/releases/tag/v2.0.19	2024-10-11
https://github.com/eclipse-mosquitto/mosquitto/commit/1914b3ee2a18102d0a94cbdbbfeae1afa03edd17	2024-10-31

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/26	2024-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8376	2024-11-05
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2318080	2024-11-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Eclipse Foundation Search vendor "Eclipse Foundation"		Mosquitto Search vendor "Eclipse Foundation" for product "Mosquitto"				2.0.18 Search vendor "Eclipse Foundation" for product "Mosquitto" and version "2.0.18"		en		Affected