CVE-2020-25756

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the mg_get_http_header function in Cesanta Mongoose 6.18 due to a lack of bounds checking. A crafted HTTP header can exploit this bug. NOTE: a committer has stated "this will not happen in practice.

** EN DISPUTA ** Una vulnerabilidad de desbordamiento del búfer se presenta en la función mg_get_http_header en Cesanta Mongoose versión 6.18, debido a una falta de comprobación de límites. Un encabezado HTTP diseñado puede explotar este bug. NOTA: un confirmador ha declarado "this will not happen in practice"

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-09-18 CVE Reserved
2020-09-18 CVE Published
2023-07-28 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/issues/1135	2024-06-26

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cesanta Search vendor "Cesanta"		Mongoose Search vendor "Cesanta" for product "Mongoose"				6.18 Search vendor "Cesanta" for product "Mongoose" and version "6.18"		-		Affected