High severity · published Oct 15, 2024
CVE-2024-44775
kmqtt v0.2.7 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a Null Pointer Exception
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
kmqtt v0.2.7 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a Null Pointer Exception. A remote attacker can cause the broker to crash by sending a specially crafted MQTT CONNECT packet that triggers an unhandled null reference, leading to an immediate process termination.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KM
Kmqtt · Davidepianca98
0.2.7 · source: NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44775
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-44775
Third Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/pengwGit/26fd8630392af5d8829c2e220091ac4f
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