CVE-2017-2891: Cesanta Mongoose vulnerability
Cesanta · Mongoose
Affected: Cesanta Mongoose · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Cesanta · Mongoose6.8
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Cesanta
- Published
- November 2017
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