CVE-2024-42392 Improper Neutralization of Delimiters in Mongoose Web Server library
An attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering an infinite loop in the Mongoose Web Server library via specially crafted input strings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-42392?
CVE-2024-42392 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose, published on 18 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Delimiters vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server v7.14 allows to trigger an infinite loop bug if the input string contains unexpected characters.
Weakness: CWE-140
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42392?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cesanta Mongoose.
How do I fix CVE-2024-42392?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42392 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-42392 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42392 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cesanta Mongoose
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xqwp-cfr5-f9gr.