{"id":"CVE-2017-7185","details":"Use-after-free vulnerability in the mg_http_multipart_wait_for_boundary function in mongoose.c in Cesanta Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library 6.7 and earlier and Mongoose OS 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a multipart/form-data POST request without a MIME boundary string.","modified":"2026-05-17T11:54:43.049741565Z","published":"2017-04-10T15:59:00.503Z","database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"vendor_product":"cesanta:mongoose_os","source":"CPE_FIELD","cpes":["cpe:2.3:o:cesanta:mongoose_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"1.2"}]}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540355/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41826/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97370"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose-os/commit/042eb437973a202d00589b13d628181c6de5cf5b"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/commit/b8402ed0733e3f244588b61ad5fedd093e3cf9cc"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CVE-2017-7185_mongoose_os_use_after_free.txt"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}