CVE-2020-8962

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Published Feb 13, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow was found on the D-Link DIR-842 REVC with firmware v3.13B09 HOTFIX due to the use of strcpy for LOGINPASSWORD when handling a POST request to the /MTFWU endpoint.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-842_firmware:3.13b09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:dlink:dir-842:c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-29792	A stack-based buffer overflow was found on the D-Link DIR-842 REVC with firmware v3.13B09 HOTFIX due to the use of strcpy for LOGINPASSWORD when handling a POST request to the /MTFWU endpoint.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.8% (1.797% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://ctrsec.io/index.php/2020/02/12/cve-2020-8962-d-link-dir-842-stack-based-buffer-overflow/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Dlink Dir-842 Dir-842 Firmware

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 10:19 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 13, 2020, 4:17 AM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 10:19 AM
Reserved: Feb 13, 2020, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:27 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 13, 2020, 5:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:27 AM

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