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Vulnerability details: VCID-yfvs-kb2d-2bcz
Vulnerability ID VCID-yfvs-kb2d-2bcz
Aliases CVE-2016-1000242
GHSA-hg78-c92r-hvwr
GMS-2020-749
Summary Denial of Service in mqtt
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-248 Uncaught Exception
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hg78-c92r-hvwr
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js
cvssv3 7.5 https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js/blob/388a084d7803934b18b43c1146c817deaa1396b1/lib/parse.js#L230
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js/blob/388a084d7803934b18b43c1146c817deaa1396b1/lib/parse.js#L230
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js/blob/388a084d7803934b18b43c1146c817deaa1396b1/lib/parse.js#L230
cvssv3 7.5 https://github.com/nodejs/security-wg/blob/main/vuln/npm/140.json
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000242
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000242
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:mqtt:20160817
generic_textual HIGH https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:mqtt:20160817
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/140
generic_textual HIGH https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/140
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js
https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js/blob/388a084d7803934b18b43c1146c817deaa1396b1/lib/parse.js#L230
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:mqtt:20160817
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/140
140 https://github.com/nodejs/security-wg/blob/main/vuln/npm/140.json
CVE-2016-1000242 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000242
GHSA-hg78-c92r-hvwr https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hg78-c92r-hvwr
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js/blob/388a084d7803934b18b43c1146c817deaa1396b1/lib/parse.js#L230
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000242
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:mqtt:20160817
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/140
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-31T00:53:07.430734+00:00 GHSA Importer Import https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hg78-c92r-hvwr 38.6.0