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CVE-2017-2922
CRITICAL9.8
Description
An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Websocket protocol implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. A specially crafted websocket packet can cause a buffer to be allocated while leaving stale pointers which leads to a use-after-free vulnerability which can be exploited to achieve remote code execution. An attacker needs to send a specially crafted websocket packet over the network to trigger this vulnerability.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score9.8
SeverityCRITICAL
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
Published11/7/2017
Last Modified4/20/2025
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
cesanta:mongoose
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-416
References
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0429(talos-cna@cisco.com)
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0429(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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