CVE-2020-8962

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow was found on the D-Link DIR-842 REVC with firmware v3.13B09 HOTFIX due to the use of strcpy for LOGINPASSWORD when handling a POST request to the /MTFWU endpoint.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-8962

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-02-13T05:15:11

Last Modified Date
2020-02-18T20:32:51

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-787	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-842_firmware:3.13b09:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:h:dlink:dir-842:c:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
7.5

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.8

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://ctrsec.io/index.php/2020/02/12/cve-2020-8962-d-link-dir-842-stack-based-buffer-overflow/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8962
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8962

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:49:30				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 11:16:20	2020-02-13T05:15Z	2020-02-13T05:15:11	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 11:16:20		2020-02-18T20:32:51	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 11:16:20		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated