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CVE-2024-8078 — A vulnerability was found in TOTOLINK AC1200 T8 4.1.5cu.862_B20230228

Critical CVSS 9.8

A vulnerability was found in TOTOLINK AC1200 T8 4.1.5cu.862_B20230228. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function setTracerouteCfg. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. The attack can be initiated remotely. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
Published
2024-08-22
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-120

Affected products

  • totolink / t8_firmware / 4.1.5cu.862_b20230228

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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