Authenticated code execution via unbounded ping-result parsing
Published May 12, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025
Buffer overflow in InHand Networks InRouter302 3.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute code through the ping-result API. parse_ping_result reads a line of up to 256 bytes from /tmp/ping_result.txt, then uses sscanf with unbounded %s conversions to fill three 32-byte buffers. The request must reach the port 4444 apply.cgi endpoint after a privileged user or a separate file-upload flaw controls the ping-results file, enabling code execution or a crash on the router.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in InHand Networks InRouter302 3.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute code through the ping-result API. parse_ping_result reads a line of up to 256 bytes from /tmp/ping_result.txt, then uses sscanf with unbounded %s conversions to fill three 32-byte buffers. The request must reach the port 4444 apply.cgi endpoint after a privileged user or a separate file-upload flaw controls the ping-results file, enabling code execution or a crash on the router.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-24910
- Published
- May 12, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2025
- Vendor
- InHand Networks
- Product
- InRouter302
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 12, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=V3.5.4
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- Cisco Talos ping-result parser crash proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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