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
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https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0428 | Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
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
Products Affected
cesanta
- mongoose