{"cve":"CVE-2016-10523","nvd":{"published":"2018-05-31T20:29:00.720","modified":"2026-06-17T00:39:52.417","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-119","CWE-400"],"references":["https://github.com/mcollina/mosca/issues/393","https://github.com/mqttjs/mqtt-packet/pull/8","https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/75","https://github.com/mcollina/mosca/issues/393","https://github.com/mqttjs/mqtt-packet/pull/8"],"products":["mqtt-packet_project:mqtt-packet"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:50:40.212176939+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-10523","score":0.0242,"percentile":0.84175,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-g3r2-65gc-qpqc","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g3r2-65gc-qpqc","summary":"Denial of Service in mqtt-packet","modified":"2023-11-08T03:58:10.418903Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"mqtt-packet","purl":"pkg:npm/mqtt-packet","ranges":["<3.4.6"],"fixed":["3.4.6"]},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"mqtt-packet","purl":"pkg:npm/mqtt-packet","ranges":[">=4.0.0 <4.0.5"],"fixed":["4.0.5"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}