7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-10523
MQTT Denial of Service
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 31, 2018, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 9, 2019, 11:16 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-10523 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-10523 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mqtt-packet_project mqtt-packet
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-10523.

URL Resource
https://github.com/mcollina/mosca/issues/393 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/mqttjs/mqtt-packet/pull/8 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/75 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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ThingzDefense/IoT-Flock

IoT-Flock is an open-source tool for IoT Traffic Generation which supports the two widely used IoT Application Layer Protocols, i.e., MQTT and CoAP.

Makefile C++ C QMake

Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago
26 stars 13 fork 13 watcher
Born at : March 4, 2020, 5:12 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-10523 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-10523 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE HackerOne CWE-400
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/75 No Types Assigned https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/75 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/mcollina/mosca/issues/393 No Types Assigned https://github.com/mcollina/mosca/issues/393 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/mqttjs/mqtt-packet/pull/8 No Types Assigned https://github.com/mqttjs/mqtt-packet/pull/8 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mqtt-packet_project:mqtt-packet:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.4.6 *cpe:2.3:a:mqtt-packet_project:mqtt-packet:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 up to (excluding) 4.0.5
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-10523 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-10523 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death XML Ping of the Death CAPEC-227: Sustained Client Engagement Sustained Client Engagement CAPEC-492: Regular Expression Exponential Blowup Regular Expression Exponential Blowup
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.27 }} -0.03%

score

0.64198

percentile

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