CVE-2023-7222
Published: 09 January 2024
Summary
CVE-2023-7222 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Totolink X2000R Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 41.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-59403
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in Totolink X2000R 1.0.0-B20221212.1452. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function formTmultiAP of the file /bin/boa of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument submit-url leads to buffer…
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overflow. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-249856. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.