What is CVE-2024-42388?

CVE-2024-42388 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server, classified under CWE-823. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-11-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-42388?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server

CVE-2024-42388

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server v7.14 allows an attacker to send an unexpected TLS packet and force the application to read unintended heap memory space.

EPSS: 0.003 (55.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Cesanta Mongoose Web Server — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-823

References

www.nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisories-cve-2024-42388

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42388?: CVE-2024-42388 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server, classified under CWE-823. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-42388?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.