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CVE-2017-2891
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-11-07T16:29:00.717 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:17:04.633

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.

Affected products

cesanta — mongoose

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References

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