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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: talos
Published: 2017-11-07T16:00:00Z
Updated: 2024-09-16T22:52:04.709Z
Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-2891
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2017-11-07T16:29:00.717
Modified: 2022-06-07T17:24:17.903
Link: CVE-2017-2891
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