CVE-2017-2922 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Cesanta Mongoose 6.8's Websocket protocol implementation. A specially crafted websocket packet can trigger a use-after-free condition, potentially leading to remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, allowing for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the high severity warrants attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cesanta:mongoose:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.