What is CVE-2024-40083?

CVE-2024-40083 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2024-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-40083?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-40083 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in N/a

CVE-2024-40083

A Buffer Overflow vulnerabilty in the local_app_set_router_token function of Vilo 5 Mesh WiFi System <= 5.16.1.33 allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via sscanf reading the token and timezone JSON fields into a fixed-length buffer.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (33.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

byu-cybersecurity-research/vilo

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40083?: CVE-2024-40083 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2024-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-40083?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-40083 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.