CVE-2024-57479
Published: 14 January 2025
Description
H3C N12 V100R005 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of length verification in the mac address update function. Attackers who successfully exploit this vulnerability can cause the remote target device to crash or execute arbitrary commands by sending a POST request to /bin/webs.
Security Summary
CVE-2024-57479 is a buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-120) affecting H3C N12 V100R005 due to insufficient length verification in the MAC address update function. The vulnerability resides in the web interface component, specifically accessible via the /bin/webs endpoint.
Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability without authentication, privileges, or user interaction by sending a specially crafted POST request to the vulnerable endpoint. Successful exploitation allows attackers to cause the target device to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary commands, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) reflecting its critical severity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation details and advisories are available from the vendor at http://h3c.com, while a proof-of-concept exploit is documented at https://gist.github.com/XiaoCurry/c7214be67a44a4a8858c5138ecd05984.
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