CVE-2016-10523: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

February 18, 2019 (updated January 8, 2021)

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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-g3r2-65gc-qpqc
github.com/mcollina/mosca/issues/393
github.com/mqttjs/mqtt-packet/pull/8
nodesecurity.io/advisories/75
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10523
www.npmjs.com/advisories/75

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