CVE•Published 2024-11-18•Modified 2026-09-08•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2024-42391Cesanta · Mongoose
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
4.3
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS percentile
20
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 80% 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 force the application to read unintended heap memory space.
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-2024-42391Hosts 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-2024-42391Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2024-42391Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2024-42391Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2024-42391GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2024-42391" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2024-42391 on GitHub.
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