CVE-2018-20356

critical

Description

An invalid read of 8 bytes due to a use-after-free vulnerability in the mg_http_free_proto_data_cgi function call in mongoose.c in Cesanta Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library 6.13 and earlier allows a denial of service (application crash) or remote code execution.

References

https://github.com/insi2304/mongoose-6.13-fuzz/blob/master/Simplest_Web_Server_Use_After_Free-read_mg_http_free_proto_data_cgi.png

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-06-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02678

Detections

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