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

CVE-2024-6199

High
7.7/10

Summary

An unauthenticated attacker on the WAN interface, with the ability to intercept Dynamic DNS (DDNS) traffic between DDNS services and the modem, could manipulate specific responses to include code that forces a buffer overflow on the modem. Customers that have not enabled Dynamic DNS on their modem are not vulnerable.

  • HIGH
  • ADJACENT
  • NONE
  • 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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  • Published