CVE-2017-2921

Critical

Description

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductCesanta Mongoose
PublishedNov 7, 2017
First seenNov 7, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cesanta mongoose6.8—

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