CVE-2017-7185

published 2017-04-10

CVE-2017-7185: Use-after-free vulnerability in the mg_http_multipart_wait_for_boundary function in mongoose.c in Cesanta Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library 6.7 and earlier…

Priority P3 52 high 7.5 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C N I N A H

EXPLOIT

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mg_http_multipart_wait_for_boundary function in mongoose.c in Cesanta Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library 6.7 and earlier and Mongoose OS 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a multipart/form-data POST request without a MIME boundary string.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
cesanta	mongoose_embedded_web_server_library	<= 6.7	—
cesanta	mongoose_os	<= 1.2	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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