#VU100208 Double free in Eclipse Mosquitto - CVE-2024-3935
Published: November 11, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU100208
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3935
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Eclipse Mosquitto
Eclipse Mosquitto
Software vendor:
Eclipse
Eclipse
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a double free error when a Mosquitto broker is configured to create an outgoing bridge connection, and that bridge connection has an incoming topic configured that makes use of topic remapping. A remote attacker can send specially crafted PUBLISH packet to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.