CVE-2017-2891 (GCVE-0-2017-2891)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-07 16:00
Modified
2024-09-16 22:52
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • remote code execution
Summary
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.
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Cesanta Mongoose Version: 6.8
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