CVE-2018-25193
Mongoose Web Server 6.9 Denial of Service via Socket Connection
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Mar 6, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 6, 2026
Description
Mongoose Web Server 6.9 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows remote attackers to crash the service by establishing multiple socket connections. Attackers can repeatedly create connections to the default port and send malformed data to exhaust server resources and cause service unavailability.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Mongoose Web ServerCesanta |
|
References
- ExploitDB-45819exploit
- VulnCheck Advisory: Mongoose Web Server 6.9 Denial of Service via Socket Connectionthird-party-advisory
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