4.0Medium
Cesanta Mongoose
CVE-2024-42385
Improper Neutralization of Delimiters vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server v7.14 allows to trigger an out-of-bound memory write if the PEM certificate contains unexpected characters.
What this means for your business
- It affects Cesanta Mongoose. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an administrator login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Cesanta Mongoose, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 4.0 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-140
- Assigned by
- prodsec@nozominetworks.com
Dates
- Published
- 2024-11-18
- Last modified
- 2026-09-08
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cesanta Mongoose- 7.14
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.