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A stack-based buffer overflow was found on the D-Link DIR...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 13, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

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Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2020-8962

GHSA ID

GHSA-jjgf-8279-h8cq

Source code

No known source code

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