7.5high
CVE-2017-7185in critical feed1 exploit
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mg_http_multipart_wait_for_boundary function in mongoose.c in Cesanta Mongoose Embedded Web Server Libr…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
12.3%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
12.25% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-41826 Cesanta Mongoose OS - Use-After-Free · dos · 2017-04-06
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-416 Use After Free
References
- compass-security.com /fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CVE-2017-7185_mongoose_os_use_after_free.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/97370 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /archive/1/540355/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
- github.com /cesanta/mongoose-os/commit/042eb437973a202d00589b13d628181c6de5cf5b · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- github.com /cesanta/mongoose/commit/b8402ed0733e3f244588b61ad5fedd093e3cf9cc · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- exploit-db.com /exploits/41826/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-7185
- NVD: CVE-2017-7185
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