CVE-2024-42644 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in FlashMQ by sending a publish message with a QoS value greater than 0, triggering an assertion failure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-42644?
CVE-2024-42644 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
FlashMQ v1.14.0 was discovered to contain an assertion failure in the function PublishCopyFactory::getNewPublish, which occurs when the QoS value of the publish object is greater than 0.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42644?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Flashmq Flashmq.
How do I fix CVE-2024-42644?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42644 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-42644 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-42644 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rwr2-3254-jmgr.