CVE-2024-42385 (GCVE-0-2024-42385)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-18 09:05 – Updated: 2026-09-08 08:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Improper Neutralization of Delimiters in Mongoose Web Server library
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Delimiters vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server v7.14 allows to trigger an out-of-bound memory write if the PEM certificate contains unexpected characters.
Severity
4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-18 13:36 UTC
CWE
- CWE-140 - Improper Neutralization of Delimiters
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesanta | Mongoose Web Server |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 7.14
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| Siemens | Reyrolle 7SR5 |
Affected:
0 , < V2.70
(custom)
|
guessed |
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