CVE-2017-7655 Null dereference in Eclipse Mosquitto

What is CVE-2017-7655?

CVE-2017-7655 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Eclipse Mosquitto version from 1.0 to 1.4.15, a Null Dereference vulnerability was found in the Mosquitto library which could lead to crashes for those applications using the library.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7655?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Eclipse Mosquitto.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7655?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-7655 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7655 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7655, DLA-2793-1, GHSA-gg85-hmcj-cx9p, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7655, USN-4823-1.