What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-44775?

CVE-2024-44775 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.2%.

Kmqtt CVE-2024-44775

HIGH

HTTP Request/Response Smuggling (CWE-444)

2024-10-15 cve@mitre.org

Denial Of Service Request Smuggling Kmqtt

7.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.5 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Oct 15, 2024 - 21:15 nvd

HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

kmqtt v0.2.7 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a Null Pointer Exception. A remote attacker can cause the broker to crash by sending a specially crafted MQTT CONNECT packet that triggers an unhandled null reference, leading to an immediate process termination.

AnalysisAI

kmqtt v0.2.7 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a Null Pointer Exception. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as HTTP Request/Response Smuggling (CWE-444), which allows attackers to manipulate HTTP request interpretation between frontend and backend servers. kmqtt v0.2.7 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a Null Pointer Exception. A remote attacker can cause the broker to crash by sending a specially crafted MQTT CONNECT packet that triggers an unhandled null reference, leading to an immediate process termination. Affected products include: Davidepianca98 Kmqtt.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Enforce strict HTTP parsing, normalize requests at proxy layer, use HTTP/2 end-to-end, reject ambiguous headers.