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CVE-2017-2891

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score0.1390%
EPSS Percentile4.10th
PublishedNov 7, 2017
Last ModifiedMay 13, 2026

Vulnerability Description

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the HTTP server implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. An ordinary HTTP POST request with a CGI target can cause a reuse of previously freed pointer potentially resulting in remote code execution. An attacker needs to send this HTTP request over the network to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Cesanta

Mongoose

= 6.8

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