CVE-2017-2922

Published Nov 7, 2017 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Websocket protocol implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. A specially crafted websocket packet can cause a buffer to be allocated while leaving stale pointers which leads to a use-after-free vulnerability which can be exploited to achieve remote code execution. An attacker needs to send a specially crafted websocket packet over the network to trigger this vulnerability.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-12063 An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Websocket protocol implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. A specially crafted websocket packet can cause a buffer to be allocated while leaving stale pointers which leads to a use-after-free vulnerability which can be exploited to achieve remote code execution. An attacker needs to send a specially crafted websocket packet over the network to trigger this vulnerability.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
talos
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 6:59 PM
Reserved
Dec 1, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 7, 2017, 4:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:17 AM