CVE-2018-12543

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-12543

Assigner
emo@eclipse.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2018-11-15T15:29:01

Last Modified Date
2019-10-09T23:34:02

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto::::::::	1	OR	1.5.0	1.5.2

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539295	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12543
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12543

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:06:36				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 14:29:47	security@eclipse.org	emo@eclipse.org	CVE Assigner	updated
2022-12-03 14:29:47	2018-11-15T15:29Z	2018-11-15T15:29:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 14:29:47		2019-10-09T23:34:02	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 14:29:47		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated