Linksys E8450 portal.cgi strcpy stack-based overflow
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Summary
The Linksys E8450 router's web management interface (the portal.cgi component) contains a flaw where unsafely copied input can overflow a memory buffer. An attacker on the network could exploit this remotely to potentially crash the device or run malicious code on it.
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A vulnerability was identified in Linksys E8450 1.2.00.360516. Affected is the function strcpy of the file /www/cgi-bin/portal.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument hidden_timezone leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Timeline
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Affected versions
- Linksys E8450
1.2.00.360516
Evidence 5
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Corrections
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