Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-33657

HighPublic PoC

Published: 08 June 2023

Published
08 June 2023
Modified
06 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0046 64.6th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-33657 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Emqx Nanomq. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 35.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in NanoMQ 0.17.2. The vulnerability can be triggered by calling the function nni_mqtt_msg_get_publish_property() in the file mqtt_msg.c. This vulnerability is caused by improper data tracing, and an attacker could exploit it to cause a denial of…

more

service attack.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

emqx
nanomq
0.17.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References