CVE-2022-43970 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Linksys Wrt54gl Wireless-g Broadband Router
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.0%
top 11.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 9
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.2 | Impact: 5.9