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swupdate — security advisory
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the mg_get_http_header function in Cesanta Mongoose 6.18 due to a lack of bounds checking. A crafted HTTP header can exploit this bug. NOTE: a committer has stated "this will not happen in practice.
- Products
- swupdate
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2022.12+dfsg-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-25756
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:50 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the mg_get_http_header function in Cesanta Mongoose 6.18 due to a lack of bounds checking. A crafted HTTP header can exploit this bug. NOTE: a committer has stated "this will not happen in practice.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25756
swupdate
Fixed versions: 2022.12+dfsg-1
swupdate
Fixed versions: 2022.12+dfsg-1
swupdate
Fixed versions: 2022.12+dfsg-1
Complete source record
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