Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-42648

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 14 July 2025

Published
14 July 2025
Modified
16 July 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0025 49.0th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-42648 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Emqx Nanomq. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 49.0th 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

NanoMQ v0.22.10 was discovered to contain a heap overflow which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted CONNECT message.

CWE(s)

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.
Why these techniques?

Heap overflow in NanoMQ via crafted MQTT CONNECT message enables remote attackers to crash the application, facilitating endpoint denial of service through application exploitation.

Affected Assets

emqx
nanomq
0.22.10

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-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References