Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-52754

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 20 November 2024

Published
20 November 2024
Modified
22 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0019 40.6th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-52754 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Dlink Di-8003 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 40.6th 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

Vulnerability details

D-LINK DI-8003 v16.07.16A1 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the fn parameter in the tgfile_htm function.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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.
Why these techniques?

Buffer overflow vulnerability in the web function tgfile_htm enables exploitation of a public-facing application on the D-Link DI-8003 device for potential remote code execution.

Affected Assets

dlink
di-8003 firmware
16.07.16a1

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.

addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References