CVE-2024-42392: Improper Neutralization of Delimiters in Mongoose Web Server library

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-11-18 · updated 2026-09-08
Weakness: CWE-140

Description

Improper Neutralization of Delimiters vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server v7.14 allows to trigger an infinite loop bug if the input string contains unexpected characters.

Affected products

Cesanta Mongoose: through 7.14

References

https://www.nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisories-cve-2024-42392
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-142885.html

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