PT-2024-29910 · Cesanta · Cesanta Mongoose Web Server

Gabriele Quagliarella · Published 2024-11-18 · Updated 2024-11-19 · CVE-2024-42383

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cesanta Mongoose Web Server version 7.14

Description The issue is related to the use of an out-of-range pointer offset, allowing a NULL byte value to be written beyond the memory space dedicated for the hostname field.

Recommendations For Cesanta Mongoose Web Server version 7.14, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-823

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-42383

Affected Products

Cesanta Mongoose Web Server

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42383 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42383 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/11317 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1858480909097312581 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1858445680336929184 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/102180 · Telegram Post
• https://nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisories-cve-2024-42383 · Note