CVE-2022-43972

Summary

CVECVE-2022-43972
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-01-09 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-13 16:58:00 UTC
DescriptionA null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router with firmware <= 4.30.18.006. A null pointer dereference in the soap_action function within the upnp binary can be triggered by an unauthenticated attacker via a malicious POST request invoking the AddPortMapping action.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Linksys Wrt54gl - All All All
Operating System Linksys Wrt54gl Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vuln Research 101 (Part 3) - Hacking the Linksys WRT54GL via buffer overflow - YouTube CONFIRM youtu.be
Vuln Research 101 (Part 2) - Hacking the Linksys WRT54GL via command injection - YouTube CONFIRM youtu.be
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CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Jessie Chick of Trellix ARC

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