CVE-2018-12543

N/A
Published: November 15, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:37 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMosquitto

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 36%

Description

In Eclipse Mosquitto versions 1.5 to 1.5.2 inclusive, if a message is published to Mosquitto that has a topic starting with $, but that is not $SYS, e.g. $test/test, then an assert is triggered that should otherwise not be reachable and Mosquitto will exit.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≥ 1.5v ≤ 1.5.21.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.5.21.5

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539295

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-617CWE-20

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