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CVE-2018-17067· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 devices.

An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 devices. A very long password to /goform/formLogin could lead to a stack-based buffer overflow and overwrite the return address.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Sep 15, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.9% · 79th percentile
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Action score

40

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 1.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
dlinkdir-816 a2 firmware
dlinkdir-816 a2

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • dlink dir-816 a2 firmware1.10_b05

Same product

dlink: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-0921D-Link DIR-816 A2 Web Interface setDeviceSettings os command injection
    50Plan
  • CVE-2023-43240D-Link DIR-816 A2 v1.10CNB05 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via parameter sip_address in ipportFilter.
    43Plan
  • CVE-2023-43239D-Link DIR-816 A2 v1.10CNB05 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via parameter flag_5G in showMACfilterMAC.
    43Plan
  • CVE-2023-43237D-Link DIR-816 A2 v1.10CNB05 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via parameter macCloneMac in setMAC.
    43Plan
  • CVE-2018-17066An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 devices.
    41Plan
  • CVE-2018-17064An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 devices.
    41Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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