CVE-2017-2891

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the HTTP server implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. An ordinary HTTP POST request with a CGI target can cause a reuse of previously freed pointer potentially resulting in remote code execution. An attacker needs to send this HTTP request over the network to trigger this vulnerability.

Date published : 2017-11-07

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0398