CVE-2024-8573: totolink ac1200 t10

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-8573 is a high (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in totolink ac1200 t10. EPSS estimates a 1.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 08-09-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 03-03-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in TOTOLINK AC1200 T8 and AC1200 T10 4.1.5cu.861_B20230220/4.1.8cu.5207. This affects the function setParentalRules of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. The manipulation of the argument desc/week/sTime/eTime leads to buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Other parameters might be affected as well. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

• 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.
• 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.