CVE-2020-25756 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the mg_get_http_header function in Cesanta Mongoose 6.18 due to a lack of bounds checking. A crafted HTTP header can exploit this bug. NOTE: a committer has stated "this will not happen in practice.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00913.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Cesanta	Mongoose

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cesanta:mongoose:6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/issues/1135

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-09-18T04:44:50

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:40:36.991Z

Reserved: 2020-09-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-25756

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:40:36.991Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-18T05:15:13.197

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:18:40.713

Link: CVE-2020-25756

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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