CVE-2024-4020
Published: 20 April 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-4020 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Tenda Fh1206 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 32.5th 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-2024-32586
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in Tenda FH1206 1.2.0.8(8155) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function fromAddressNat of the file /goform/addressNat. The manipulation of the argument entrys leads to buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit…
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has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-261671. 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.