Vulnerability CVE-2016-10523
Published: 2018-05-31

Description:
MQTT before 3.4.6 and 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows specifically crafted MQTT packets to crash the application, making a DoS attack feasible with very little bandwidth.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Mqtt-packet project -> Mqtt-packet 

 References:
https://github.com/mcollina/mosca/issues/393
https://github.com/mqttjs/mqtt-packet/pull/8
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/75
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