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

CVE-2024-52014

Medium
5.7/10

Summary

Netgear R8500 v1.0.2.160, XR300 v1.0.3.78, R7000P v1.3.3.154, and R6400 v2 1.0.4.128 were discovered to contain a stack overflow via the pptp_user_ip parameter at genie_pptp.cgi. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted POST request.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

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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