NULL pointer dereference in GoAhead - CVE-2017-14149

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NULL pointer dereference in GoAhead - CVE-2017-14149

Published: September 5, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38358
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14149
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: EmbedThis
Affected software:
GoAhead

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the websDecodeUrl function in http.c, leading to a crash for a "POST / HTTP/1.1" request. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-14149

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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