Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-2921
CVE-2017-2921
Description
An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Websocket protocol implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. A specially crafted websocket packet can cause an integer overflow, leading to a heap buffer overflow and resulting in denial of service and potential remote code execution. An attacker needs to send a specially crafted websocket packet over network to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0428nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
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