CVE-2017-7185

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mg_http_multipart_wait_for_boundary function in mongoose.c in Cesanta Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library 6.7 and earlier and Mongoose OS 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a multipart/form-data POST request without a MIME boundary string.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-7185
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-04-10T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-09T20:01:43
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-416 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:cesanta:mongoose_embedded_web_server_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 6.7
cpe:2.3:o:cesanta:mongoose_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CVE-2017-7185_mongoose_os_use_after_free.txt Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose-os/commit/042eb437973a202d00589b13d628181c6de5cf5b Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/commit/b8402ed0733e3f244588b61ad5fedd093e3cf9cc Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97370 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41826/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540355/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7185
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7185
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:33:32 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:42:50 2017-04-10T15:59Z 2017-04-10T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:42:50 2018-10-09T20:01:43 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:42:50 Modified Vulnerability Status updated