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Improper Neutralization of Delimiters in Mongoose Web Server library

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Improper Neutralization of Delimiters vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server v7.14 allows to trigger an infinite loop bug if the input string contains unexpected characters.

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CVEs
CVE-2024-42392
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7 Nov 2026, 13:41 UTC · Revision 1

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Improper Neutralization of Delimiters in Mongoose Web Server library

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Nov 2024, 09:07 UTC

Improper Neutralization of Delimiters vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server v7.14 allows to trigger an infinite loop bug if the input string contains unexpected characters.

osv:CVE-2024-42392
Complete source record
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