CVE-2018-8941: d-link dsl-3782_firmware

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-8941 is a high (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in d-link dsl-3782_firmware. EPSS estimates a 6.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 03-04-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Diagnostics functionality on D-Link DSL-3782 devices with firmware EU v. 1.01 has a buffer overflow, allowing authenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Addr value to the 'set Diagnostics_Entry' function in an HTTP request, related to /userfs/bin/tcapi.

• 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.