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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-33659

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in NanoMQ 0.17.2. The vulnerability can be triggered by calling the function nmq_subinfo_decode() in the file mqtt_parser.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack.

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4 Nov 2026, 04:35 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2023-33659

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Jun 2023, 00:00 UTC

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in NanoMQ 0.17.2. The vulnerability can be triggered by calling the function nmq_subinfo_decode() in the file mqtt_parser.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack.

osv:CVE-2023-33659
Complete source record
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