Input validation error in Mongoose - CVE-2024-42391

 

Input validation error in Mongoose - CVE-2024-42391

Published: November 19, 2024 / Updated: June 23, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111821
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-42391
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server v7.14 allows an attacker to send an unexpected TLS packet and force the application to read unintended heap memory space.


Affected software

Mongoose

How to mitigate CVE-2024-42391

Install update from vendor's website.

Mongoose - update to 7.15

External References

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