CVE-2017-2922

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.
References
Link Resource
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0429 Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:cesanta:mongoose:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2017-11-07 16:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:04


NVD link : CVE-2017-2922

Mitre link : CVE-2017-2922

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-2922


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Products Affected

cesanta

  • mongoose
CWE
CWE-416

Use After Free