Improper Neutralization Affecting cesanta/mongoose package, versions [,7.15)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CESANTAMONGOOSE-8383397
  • published18 Nov 2024
  • disclosed18 Nov 2024
  • creditGabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks

Introduced: 18 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-42392  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-140  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade cesanta/mongoose to version 7.15 or higher.

Overview

cesanta/mongoose is a networking library for C/C++. It implements event-driven non-blocking APIs for TCP, UDP, HTTP, WebSocket, MQTT.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of input strings. An attacker can trigger an infinite loop by providing unexpected characters in the input.

References

CVSS Scores

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