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CVE-2017-2891

Description

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.

POC

Reference

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

Github

No PoCs found on GitHub currently.