CVE-2018-25193CWE-1188

Mongoose Web Server 6.9 Denial of Service via Socket Connection

High · published March 6, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Mongoose Web Server 6.9 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows remote attackers to crash the service by establishing multiple socket connections. Attackers can repeatedly create connections to the default port and send malformed data to exhaust server resources and cause service unavailability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00345 · 26.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1188 · Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
Published
2026-03-06T12:19Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAR 12:19Z
    Mongoose Web Server 6.9 Denial of Service via Socket Connection
    cvelistv5