CVE-2022-43970CWE-120

Buffer overflow in Linksys WRT54GL

High · published January 9, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.2
EPSS
19%
Percentile
97.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router with firmware <= 4.30.18.006. A stack-based buffer overflow in the Start_EPI function within the httpd binary allows an authenticated attacker with administrator privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system as root. This vulnerablity can be triggered over the network via a malicious POST request to /apply.cgi.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.19304 · 97.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Published
2023-01-09T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 JAN 00:00Z
    Buffer overflow in Linksys WRT54GL
    cvelistv5