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CVE-2024-42383: Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in Mongoose Web Server library

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-11-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-823

Description

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server v7.14 allows to write a NULL byte value beyond the memory space dedicated for the hostname field.

Affected products

• Cesanta Mongoose: through 7.14

References

• https://www.nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisories-cve-2024-42383

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