Null pointer dereference in add_ca_certs() in Cesanta Mongoose before 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via TLS initialization where SSL_CTX_get_cert_store() returns NULL.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Cesanta
  • Mongoose

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/issues/3306 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/cesanta/mongoose/pull/3307 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cesanta
Cesanta mongoose
Vendors & Products Cesanta
Cesanta mongoose

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-476
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Description Null pointer dereference in add_ca_certs() in Cesanta Mongoose before 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via TLS initialization where SSL_CTX_get_cert_store() returns NULL.
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2025-11-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-24T18:29:36.744Z

Reserved: 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-65502

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-24T18:29:24.492Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-24T14:15:48.100

Modified: 2025-11-25T22:16:16.690

Link: CVE-2025-65502

cve-icon Redhat

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