CVE•Published 2024-11-18•Modified 2026-09-08•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2024-42386Cesanta · Mongoose
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
EPSS percentile
29
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 71% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server v7.14 allows an attacker to send an unexpected TLS packet and produce a segmentation fault on the application.
Timeline
Published 2024-11-18
Modified 2026-09-08
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2024-42386Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Cesanta Mongoose"All exposed Cesanta Mongoose instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Mongoose"HTTP body or banner mentions "Mongoose" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2024-42386Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2024-42386Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2024-42386Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2024-42386GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2024-42386" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.