CVE-2019-6316 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS score of 5.8 has been calculated; the CVSS score indicates the severity of the risk.
HwAirlink is a lightweight application primarily designed for installation on wireless routers. While it is possible for a non-administrative user to configure the router, it is highly unlikely that the configuration would result in the injection of malicious code into the device. HwAirlink enables users to configure their wireless routers, setting up a wireless access point between the router and another wireless device, or enabling a wireless bridge between two wireless routers. HwAirlink is a lightweight application primarily designed for installation on wireless routers. While it is possible for a non-administrative user to configure the router, it is highly unlikely that the configuration would result in the injection of malicious code into the device. HwAirlink enables users to configure their wireless routers, setting up a wireless access point between the router and another wireless device, or enabling a wireless bridge between two wireless routers. The HwAirlink module has a heap overflow vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause out-of-bounds writes, resulting in modification of sensitive data.
HwAirlink is a lightweight application primarily designed for installation on wireless routers
Vulnerability Summary
HwAirlink is a lightweight application primarily designed for installation on wireless routers. While it is possible for a non-administrative user to configure the router, it is highly unlikely that the configuration would result in the injection of malicious code into the device. HwAirlink enables users to configure their wireless routers, setting up a wireless access point between the router and another wireless device, or enabling a wireless bridge between two wireless routers. The HwAirlink module has a heap overflow vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause out-of-bounds writes, resulting in modification of sensitive data.
Vulnerability overview
HwAirlink is a lightweight application primarily designed for installation on wireless routers. While it is possible for a non-administrative user to configure the router, it is highly unlikely that the configuration would result in the injection of malicious code into the device. HwAirlink enables users to configure their wireless routers, setting up a wireless access point between the router and another wireless device, or enabling a wireless bridge between two wireless routers. The software module HwAirlink has a heap overflow vulnerability which may be exploited by an attacker who successfully convinces a victim to visit a specially crafted website. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause out-of-bounds writes, resulting in modification of sensitive data which could lead to arbitrary code execution with root privileges.
Vulnerability summary
HwAirlink is a lightweight application primarily designed for installation on wireless routers. While it is possible for a non-administrative user to configure the router, it is highly unlikely that the configuration would result in the injection of malicious code into the device. HwAirlink enables users to configure their wireless routers, setting up a wireless access point between the router and another wireless device, or enabling a wireless bridge between two wireless routers. The HwAirlink module has a heap overflow vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause out-of-bounds writes, resulting in modification of sensitive data
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Vulnerability type and effect
The vulnerability is a heap overflow. The vulnerability may cause out-of-bounds writes, resulting in modification of sensitive data.
Timeline
Published on: 10/14/2022 16:15:00 UTC
Last modified on: 10/18/2022 15:39:00 UTC