Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-7187

Memory Safety in Totolink N350Rt Firmware 9.3.5u.6139_b20201216

Public PoCMemory Safety
Published
31 December 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 5.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0071 50th percentile
Risk Priority 45 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-7187 is a medium-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Totolink N350Rt Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 50% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability was found in Totolink N350RT 9.3.5u.6139_B20201216. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi?action=login&flag=ie8 of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The exploit…

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has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-249389 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CWE(s)
CWE-121

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-7218Same product: Totolink N350Rt
CVE-2023-7219Same product: Totolink N350Rt
CVE-2023-7213Same product: Totolink N350Rt
CVE-2023-7214Same product: Totolink N350Rt
CVE-2025-51630Same product: Totolink N350Rt
CVE-2024-7462Same product: Totolink N350Rt
CVE-2024-7333Same product: Totolink N350Rt
CVE-2024-42966Same product: Totolink N350Rt
CVE-2024-0570Same product: Totolink N350Rt
CVE-2025-63465Same vendor: Totolink

Affected Assets

totolink
n350rt firmware
9.3.5u.6139_b20201216

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 2 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

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Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure-development practices directly prevent introduction of stack buffer overflows.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning can discover stack buffer overflows but does not prevent their introduction.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching eliminates known instances of the weakness after discovery.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing (fuzzing, static analysis) detects stack overflows before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates buffer-safety practices that directly prevent stack overflows.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can specify buffer-size and input-validation rules.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles include memory-safety and least-privilege stack usage.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe buffer handling that causes CWE-121.

A.8.32 Change management none match
none

Change-management gates can enforce security reviews that catch buffer issues.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
  • V-248594 OL 8 must implement address space layout randomization (ASLR) to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution. prevents CWE-121
Oracle Linux 9 (1 rule)
  • V-271452 OL 9 must use a Linux Security Module configured to enforce limits on system services. prevents CWE-121

References