CVE-2024-7909
Published: 18 August 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-7909 is a high-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Totolink Ex1200L Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 37.5% 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-48750
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability has been found in TOTOLINK EX1200L 9.3.5u.6146_B20201023 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function setLanguageCfg of the file /www/cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. The manipulation of the argument langType leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be…
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launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Stack-based buffer overflow in the public-facing web CGI endpoint (/www/cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi#setLanguageCfg) enables remote code execution, directly facilitating exploitation of public-facing applications.
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.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.