# CVE-2024-57480: H3C N12 V100R005 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of length verification in the AP configuration function.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-01-14 · Updated: 2026-07-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

H3C N12 V100R005 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of length verification in the AP configuration function. Attackers who successfully exploit this vulnerability can cause the remote target device to crash or execute arbitrary commands by sending a POST request to /bin/webs.

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## References

- https://gist.github.com/XiaoCurry/16213a4d68f95f17cd0fc2cd07e78a90

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