CVE-2023-40478

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer OverflowCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUM
EPSS
0.3%
top 43.19%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Netgear Rax30 FirmwareNetgear Rax30
Timeline
PublishedMay 3

Description

NETGEAR RAX30 Telnet CLI passwd Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30 routers. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the telnet CLI service, which listens on TCP port 23. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the len…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDnetgear/rax30_firmware< 1.0.10.94
▶CVEListV5netgear/rax301.0.9.92_1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
NETGEAR RAX30 Telnet CLI passwd Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2024-05-03
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GHSA
GHSA-pq3r-x8gq-g8xm: NETGEAR RAX30 Telnet CLI passwd Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2024-05-03
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CVE-2023-40478 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.8) | NETGEAR RAX30 Telnet CLI passwd Sta | cvebase.io