Router crash via unchecked pskValue decoding
Published Oct 26, 2022 · Updated May 7, 2025
Stack overflow in D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 allows remote attackers to crash the router through a crafted pskValue request. The setSecurity function decodes matched pskValue content from either wireless-setup CGI handler into a stack buffer without checking its size. An unauthenticated HTTP POST is sufficient; the published proof of concept demonstrates a crash, while code execution is only proposed.
Summary
What happened
Stack overflow in D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 allows remote attackers to crash the router through a crafted pskValue request. The setSecurity function decodes matched pskValue content from either wireless-setup CGI handler into a stack buffer without checking its size. An unauthenticated HTTP POST is sufficient; the published proof of concept demonstrates a crash, while code execution is only proposed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-43001
- Published
- Oct 26, 2022
- Updated
- May 7, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 26, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 7, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- DIR-816 setSecurity pskValue crash proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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