{"cve":"CVE-2017-7652","nvd":{"published":"2018-04-25T13:29:00.490","modified":"2026-06-17T01:24:53.410","status":"Modified","description":"In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.4.14, if a Mosquitto instance is set running with a configuration file, then sending a HUP signal to server triggers the configuration to be reloaded from disk. If there are lots of clients connected so that there are no more file descriptors/sockets available (default limit typically 1024 file descriptors on Linux), then opening the configuration file will fail.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-789"],"references":["https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=530102","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00037.html","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00016.html","https://mosquitto.org/blog/2018/02/security-advisory-cve-2017-7651-cve-2017-7652/","https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4325"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","eclipse:mosquitto"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:49:59.483420567+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-7652","score":0.01621,"percentile":0.76097,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"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."]}