CVE-2018-20356
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.036 · 89 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An invalid read of 8 bytes due to a use-after-free vulnerability in the mg_http_free_proto_data_cgi function call in mongoose.c in Cesanta Mongoose Embedded Web Server Library 6.13 and earlier allows a denial of service (application crash) or remote code execution.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (2)
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- https://github.com/insi2304/mongoose-6.13-fuzz/blob/master/Simplest_Web_Server_Use_After_Free-read_mg_cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20356cnnvd
- https://github.com/insi2304/mongoose-6.13-fuzz/blob/master/Simplest_Web_Server_Use_After_Free-read_mg_http_free_proto_data_cgi.pngenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/insi2304/mongoose-6.13-fuzz/blob/master/Simplest_Web_Server_Use_After_Free-read_mg_http_free_proto_data_cgi.pngExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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