PT-2024-29914 · Cesanta · Cesanta Mongoose Web Server

Gabriele Quagliarella · Published 2024-11-18 · Updated 2024-11-19 · CVE-2024-42387

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue involves an out-of-range pointer offset, allowing an attacker to send an unexpected TLS packet and force the application to read unintended heap memory space. This can lead to unintended heap memory access.

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-2024-42387

Affected Products

Cesanta Mongoose Web Server

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42387 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42387 · Security Note
• https://nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisories-cve-2024-42387 · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/11313 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1858445670702604709 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1858488588788187533 · Twitter Post