#VU37019 Out-of-bounds read in Mongoose - CVE-2018-10945
Published: June 19, 2018 / Updated: December 14, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37019
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-10945
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mongoose
Mongoose
Software vendor:
Cesanta Software Ltd.
Cesanta Software Ltd.
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in The mg_handle_cgi function in mongoose.c in Mongoose 6.11. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash, or NULL pointer dereference) via an HTTP request, related to the mbuf_insert function.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.