Vulnerability · Published Oct 17, 2024 · Assigned by Nozomi

CVE-2024-3186

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference in GoAhead from EmbedThis. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the evalExpr() function of GoAhead Web Server (version <= 6.0.0) when compiled with the ME_GOAHEAD_JAVASCRIPT flag. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker with the privileges to modify JavaScript template (JST) files to trigger a crash and cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by providing malicious templates.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
EmbedThis	GoAhead	0 – through 6.0.0

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://www.nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisories-cve-2024-3186