Buffer overflow in RAX43 - CVE-2021-20166
Published: January 3, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59141
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20166
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the URL parsing functionality in the cgi-bin endpoint. A remote attacker on the local network can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
RAX43
How to mitigate CVE-2021-20166
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.