Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-42644

HighPublic PoC

Published: 29 July 2025

Published
29 July 2025
Modified
06 August 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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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 0.0014 34.4th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-42644 is a high-severity Reachable Assertion (CWE-617) vulnerability in Flashmq Flashmq. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 34.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

FlashMQ v1.14.0 was discovered to contain an assertion failure in the function PublishCopyFactory::getNewPublish, which occurs when the QoS value of the publish object is greater than 0.

CWE(s)
CWE-617

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
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Why these techniques?

Assertion failure in FlashMQ's PublishCopyFactory::getNewPublish on QoS > 0 PUBLISH messages causes application crash, enabling endpoint denial of service via application exploitation.

Affected Assets

flashmq
flashmq
1.14.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References