CVE-2003-1497: linksys befsx41

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-1497 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability in linksys befsx41. EPSS estimates a 1.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 25-10-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 08-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the system log viewer of Linksys BEFSX41 1.44.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with a long Log_Page_Num variable.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.