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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-34432

In Eclipse Mosquitto versions 2.0.7 and earlier, the server will crash if the client tries to send a PUBLISH packet with topic length = 0.

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CVE-2021-34432
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1 Nov 2026, 08:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-34432

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Jul 2021, 16:15 UTC

In Eclipse Mosquitto versions 2.0.7 and earlier, the server will crash if the client tries to send a PUBLISH packet with topic length = 0.

osv:CVE-2021-34432
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34432",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-34432",
    "summary": "In Eclipse Mosquitto versions 2.0.7 and earlier, the server will crash if the client tries to send a PUBLISH packet with topic length = 0.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-34432",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
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              "type": "GIT",
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                  "last_affected": "26657053d91d1e46aeafc59f3623febee91f9d94"
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                      },
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                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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          "versions": [
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:05.192093504Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=574141"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-34432",
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440694,
  "published_at": "2021-07-27T16:15:07.893+00:00"
}