CVE-2021-34979: netgear r6260_firmware Classic Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-34979 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in netgear r6260_firmware. EPSS estimates a 1.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 13-01-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6260 1.1.0.78_1.0.1 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of SOAP requests. When parsing the SOAPAction header, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-13512.

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.