What is CVE-2024-42383?

CVE-2024-42383 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server, classified under CWE-823. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2024-11-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-42383?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server

CVE-2024-42383

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.

EPSS: 0.002 (37.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Cesanta Mongoose Web Server — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-823

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42383?: CVE-2024-42383 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server, classified under CWE-823. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2024-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-42383?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.