CVE-2024-27619 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker with FTP access can cause a router crash and reboot by uploading large files that exhaust system memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-27619?
CVE-2024-27619 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dlink Dir-3040us A1 1.20b03a hotfix is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. Any user having read/write access to ftp server can write directly to ram causing buffer overflow if file or files uploaded are greater than available ram. Ftp server allows change of directory to root which is one level up than root of usb flash directory. During upload ram is getting filled and causing system resource exhaustion (no free memory) which causes system to crash and reboot.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27619?
How do I fix CVE-2024-27619?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27619 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-27619 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-27619 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3cp6-m65f-qhcw.