CVE-2024-50948: n/a
mochiMQTT v2.6.3 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to improper resource management. An attacker can exhaust system memory and crash the broker by establishing and maintaining a large number of malicious, long-term publish/subscribe sessions.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-50948 affects mochiMQTT v2.6.3 and is a Denial of Service vulnerability caused by improper resource management. An attacker can exploit this by creating and sustaining a large number of publish/subscribe sessions, which exhausts system memory and crashes the MQTT broker. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without privileges or user interaction and impacts availability only, with no confidentiality or integrity impact reported.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in a denial of service condition by crashing the MQTT broker due to memory exhaustion. This disrupts the availability of the messaging service but does not affect confidentiality or integrity of data. There are no known exploits in the wild as of the published date.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, consider limiting the number of concurrent sessions or implementing network-level controls to detect and block abnormal session patterns to reduce risk.
CVE-2024-50948: n/a
Description
mochiMQTT v2.6.3 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to improper resource management. An attacker can exhaust system memory and crash the broker by establishing and maintaining a large number of malicious, long-term publish/subscribe sessions.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-50948 affects mochiMQTT v2.6.3 and is a Denial of Service vulnerability caused by improper resource management. An attacker can exploit this by creating and sustaining a large number of publish/subscribe sessions, which exhausts system memory and crashes the MQTT broker. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without privileges or user interaction and impacts availability only, with no confidentiality or integrity impact reported.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in a denial of service condition by crashing the MQTT broker due to memory exhaustion. This disrupts the availability of the messaging service but does not affect confidentiality or integrity of data. There are no known exploits in the wild as of the published date.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, consider limiting the number of concurrent sessions or implementing network-level controls to detect and block abnormal session patterns to reduce risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- mitre
- Date Reserved
- 2024-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6ba2b7ef31ef0b55766b
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:37:38 PM
Last enriched: 4/4/2026, 5:56:48 AM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 7:55:45 AM
Views: 16
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