What is CVE-2024-28283?

CVE-2024-28283 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linksys E1000, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-03-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-28283?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-28283 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Linksys E1000

CVE-2024-28283

There is stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in pc_change_act function in Linksys E1000 router firmware version v.2.1.03 and before, leading to remote code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-03-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Public proof-of-concept exploits

NaInSec/CVE-LIST

References

d05004.notion.site/Linksys-E1000-BOF-37b98eec45ea4fc991b9b5bea3db091d (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28283?: CVE-2024-28283 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linksys E1000, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-03-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-28283?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-28283 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.