CVE-2017-2921

An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Websocket protocol implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. A specially crafted websocket packet can cause an integer overflow, leading to a heap buffer overflow and resulting in denial of service and potential remote code execution. An attacker needs to send a specially crafted websocket packet over network to trigger this vulnerability.
References
Link Resource
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0428 Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2017-11-07 08:29

Updated : 2022-06-13 12:16


NVD link : CVE-2017-2921

Mitre link : CVE-2017-2921


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CWE
CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

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Products Affected

cesanta

  • mongoose