CVE-2024-57544

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Jan 21, 2025
Updated: Jan 22, 2025
CWE ID 120

Summary

CVE-2024-57544 is a newly disclosed buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Linksys E8450 v1.2.00.360516. The issue lies in the lack of length verification when copying the lan_ipaddr field to the stack, which can result in an attacker supplying excess data to trigger the buffer overflow and potentially execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to network security and requires users to update their firmware as soon as a patch is available.

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