Type conversion in Mongoose - CVE-2024-42384

 

Type conversion in Mongoose - CVE-2024-42384

Published: January 13, 2025 / Updated: June 23, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111819
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0:
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-42384
CWE-ID:
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cesanta Software Ltd.
Affected software:
Mongoose

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server v7.14 allows an attacker to send an unexpected TLS packet and produce a segmentation fault on the application.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-42384

Install update from vendor's website.

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