What is CVE-2018-8941?

CVE-2018-8941 is a high-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dsl-3782 Firmware, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-04-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-8941?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-8941 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in D-Link Dsl-3782 Firmware

CVE-2018-8941

Diagnostics functionality on D-Link DSL-3782 devices with firmware EU v. 1.01 has a buffer overflow, allowing authenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Addr value to the 'set Diagnostics_Entry' function in an HTTP request, related to /userfs/bin/tcapi.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.069 (93.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

D-link Dsl-3782_firmware — versions 1.01
Dlink Dsl-3782
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8941?: CVE-2018-8941 is a high-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dsl-3782 Firmware, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-04-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-8941?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-8941 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.