VDB-292868 · CVE-2024-57540 · EUVD-2024-53615

Linksys E8450 1.2.00.360516 action buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linksys E8450 1.2.00.360516. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation of the argument action leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-57540. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linksys E8450 1.2.00.360516. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument action with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Linksys E8450 v1.2.00.360516 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow vulnerability. The parsed field (action) is copied to the stack without length verification.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-57540 since 01/09/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/29/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-53615). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Router Operating System

Vendor

Linksys

Name

E8450

Version

1.2.00.360516

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.linksys.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/09/2025 🔍
01/21/2025 +12 days 🔍
01/21/2025 +0 days 🔍
06/29/2025 +159 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: linksys.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-57540 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-57540
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-292868
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2025 22:54
Updated: 06/29/2025 07:30
Changes: 01/21/2025 22:54 (19), 01/21/2025 22:55 (35), 06/29/2025 07:30 (1)
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