CVE-2024-36729: trendnet tew-827dru_firmware Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-36729 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in trendnet tew-827dru_firmware. EPSS estimates a 5.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 03-06-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 19-03-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

TRENDnet TEW-827DRU devices through 2.06B04 contain a stack-based buffer overflow in the ssi binary. The overflow allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code by POSTing to apply.cgi via the action wizard_ipv6 with a sufficiently long reboot_type key.

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowA stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).