CVE-2017-2891
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Nov 7, 2017
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 1, 2016
Description
An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the HTTP server implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. An ordinary HTTP POST request with a CGI target can cause a reuse of previously freed pointer potentially resulting in remote code execution. An attacker needs to send this HTTP request over the network to trigger this vulnerability.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | talos |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
MongooseCesanta |
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References
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