CVE-2017-2891

critical

Published 2017-11-07 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`18.5.0~ds1-1`
sid	Fixed	`18.5.0~ds1-1`
forky	Fixed	`18.5.0~ds1-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`18.5.0~ds1-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`18.5.0~ds1-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
cesanta	mongoose	`6.8`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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