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CVE-2020-8962

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-02-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow was found on the D-Link DIR-842 REVC with firmware v3.13B09 HOTFIX due to the use of strcpy for LOGINPASSWORD when handling a POST request to the /MTFWU endpoint.

Affected products

• D-Link DIR-842: 3.13b09

References

• https://ctrsec.io/index.php/2020/02/12/cve-2020-8962-d-link-dir-842-stack-based-buffer-overflow/
• https://ctrsec.io/index.php/2020/02/12/cve-2020-8962-d-link-dir-842-stack-based-buffer-overflow/

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