CVE-2023-33656 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A memory leak vulnerability exists in NanoMQ 0.17.2. The vulnerability is located in the file message.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack by causing the program to consume all available memory resources.

Published: 2023-05-30

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:emqx:nanomq:0.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-37812	A memory leak vulnerability exists in NanoMQ 0.17.2. The vulnerability is located in the file message.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack by causing the program to consume all available memory resources.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00383.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/emqx/nanomq
https://github.com/emqx/nanomq/issues/1164
https://github.com/emqx/nanomq/issues/1165#issuecomment-1515667127

History

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Emqx Nanomq

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-05-30T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-10T21:22:43.172Z

Reserved: 2023-05-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-33656

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T15:47:06.518Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-30T18:15:10.383

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:02:04.350

Link: CVE-2023-33656

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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