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CVE-2026-5245

LOW
INFO Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 66/100
Published: 2026-04-02 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: High
PR: None
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: Low
VI: Low
VA: Low

Description

A vulnerability was found in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. This impacts the function handle_mdns_record of the file mongoose.c of the component mDNS Record Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument buf results in stack-based buffer overflow. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. A high degree of complexity is needed for the attack. The exploitability is said to be difficult. The exploit has been made public and could be used. Upgrading to version 7.21 will fix this issue. The patch is named 0d882f1b43ff2308b7486a56a9d60cd6dba8a3f1. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

Weakness Classification (2)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
cesanta mongoose 7.0 – 7.21

References & Advisories (6)

https://vuldb.com/submit/770103
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/vuln/354826
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/vuln/354826/cti
Permissions Required VDB Entry

Bug Bounty Relevance

66 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

2.9 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.72%
Raw Score 0.007160
Percentile 53.7%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00716
2026-10-28
0.00716

Intelligence Sources

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