VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-45414

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-09-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The HTTPD binary in multiple ZTE routers has a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in webPrivateDecrypt function. This function is responsible for decrypting RSA encrypted ciphertext, the encrypted data is supplied base64 encoded. The decoded ciphertext is stored on the stack without checking its length. An unauthenticated attacker can get RCE as root by exploiting this vulnerability.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Primary references