CVE-2023-27361
HIGHNETGEAR RAX30 Firmware < 1.0.9.92 - Authenticated Stack-based Buffer Overflow via JSON Parsing
Title source: llmDescription
NETGEAR RAX30 rex_cgi JSON Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30 routers. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of JSON data. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-19355.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_research-advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-495/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000065625/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-the-RAX30-PSV-2022-0302
Scores
CVSS v3
8.0
EPSS
0.0026
EPSS Percentile
49.9%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-121
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
netgear/rax30_firmware
< 1.0.9.92
Published
May 03, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026