CVE-2017-7185

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mg_http_multipart_wait_for_boundary function in mongoose.c in Cesanta Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library 6.7 and earlier and Mongoose OS 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a multipart/form-data POST request without a MIME boundary string.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540355/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97370Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose-os/commit/042eb437973a202d00589b13d628181c6de5cf5bPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/commit/b8402ed0733e3f244588b61ad5fedd093e3cf9ccPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CVE-2017-7185_mongoose_os_use_after_free.txtExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41826/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540355/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97370Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose-os/commit/042eb437973a202d00589b13d628181c6de5cf5bPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/commit/b8402ed0733e3f244588b61ad5fedd093e3cf9ccPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CVE-2017-7185_mongoose_os_use_after_free.txtExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41826/

Timeline

Published: Apr 10, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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