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CVE ID: CVE-2017-2922

Description: An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Websocket protocol implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. A specially crafted websocket packet can cause a buffer to be allocated while leaving stale pointers which leads to a use-after-free vulnerability which can be exploited to achieve remote code execution. An attacker needs to send a specially crafted websocket packet over the network to trigger this vulnerability.

Test IDs: None available

Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-2922
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0429
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0429

CVE ID:	CVE-2017-2922
Description:	An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Websocket protocol implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. A specially crafted websocket packet can cause a buffer to be allocated while leaving stale pointers which leads to a use-after-free vulnerability which can be exploited to achieve remote code execution. An attacker needs to send a specially crafted websocket packet over the network to trigger this vulnerability.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-2922 https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0429 https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0429