Authenticated reboot via RAM-backed FTP uploads
Published Mar 29, 2024 · Updated Jul 9, 2026
Resource exhaustion in D-Link DIR-3040 1.20b03a allows remote authenticated users to crash and reboot the router through FTP uploads. The FTP service lets a read/write account change above the USB share into the root directory, then stores uploaded data in RAM without enforcing available-memory bounds. A file larger than free memory exhausts system resources, producing a service interruption that ends in a router crash and reboot.
Summary
What happened
Resource exhaustion in D-Link DIR-3040 1.20b03a allows remote authenticated users to crash and reboot the router through FTP uploads. The FTP service lets a read/write account change above the USB share into the root directory, then stores uploaded data in RAM without enforcing available-memory bounds. A file larger than free memory exhausts system resources, producing a service interruption that ends in a router crash and reboot.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-27619
- Published
- Mar 29, 2024
- Updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- Vendor
- D-Link
- Product
- DIR-3040
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
Present is not the same as exploitable
Compare your product and version with the public record. A matching version still requires validation against your environment.
Is a vulnerable build present?
Compare these published version ranges with your installed build and any vendor patches.
- Affected versionversion=1.20b03
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- DIR-3040 Denial of Service proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
Labels summarize the accepted research assessment. They do not indicate a test against your environment.
Technologies
Your stack
See the directory against your own environment.
Your stack
Check the software in your environment
Book a demo to see how Hinoki identifies affected software and validates exploitability in your environment.
Book a demo