# CVE-2024-35512: hmq v1.5.5 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a Null Pointer Exception.

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-29 · Updated: 2026-04-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

hmq v1.5.5 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a Null Pointer Exception. A remote attacker can trigger a broker crash by sending a specially crafted MQTT UNSUBSCRIBE packet with an illegal control character Topic. The failure to properly validate this field leads to a null pointer dereference, resulting in the immediate termination of the hmq process.

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## References

- https://gist.github.com/pengwGit/6ccca73a5acf91f31ff0d4185b15a3ea

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