What is CVE-2018-10945?

CVE-2018-10945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-10945?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Cesanta Mongoose

CVE-2018-10945

The mg_handle_cgi function in mongoose.c in Mongoose 6.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash, or NULL pointer dereference) via an HTTP request, related to the mbuf_insert function.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (69.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cesanta Mongoose — versions 6.11
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10945?: CVE-2018-10945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-10945?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.