CVE-2023-44445 HIGH

CVE-2023-44445: NETGEAR CAX30 SSO Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor Netgear
Product CAX30
Weakness CWE-121
Published May 3, 2024
Last update August 2, 2024

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

NETGEAR CAX30 SSO Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR CAX30 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the sso binary. 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-19058.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 3, 2024 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated