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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2018-20336

High
7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in ASUSWRT 3.0.0.4.384.20308. There is a stack-based buffer overflow issue in parse_req_queries function in wanduck.c via a long string over UDP, which may lead to an information leak.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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