CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7185
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-04-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mg_http_multipart_wait_for_boundary function in mongoose.c in Cesanta Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library 6.7 and earlier and Mongoose OS 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a multipart/form-data POST request without a MIME boundary string.
Affected configurations
• cesanta mongoose embedded web server library (<= 6.7)
• cesanta mongoose os (<= 1.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540355/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97370 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose-os/commit/042eb437973a202d00589b13d628181c6de5cf5b Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/commit/b8402ed0733e3f244588b61ad5fedd093e3cf9cc Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CVE-2017-7185_mongoose_os_use_after_free.txt Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41826/ www.exploit-db.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540355/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97370 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose-os/commit/042eb437973a202d00589b13d628181c6de5cf5b Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/commit/b8402ed0733e3f244588b61ad5fedd093e3cf9cc Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CVE-2017-7185_mongoose_os_use_after_free.txt Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41826/ www.exploit-db.com