CVE-2018-12543
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.5%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-12543
To remediate CVE-2018-12543, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/mosquitto—upgrade to 1.5.3-r0 or later
Is CVE-2018-12543 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.5.3-r0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |