High severity · published Aug 10, 2021
CVE-2021-29296
Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in D-Link DIR-825 2.10b02, which could let a remote malicious user cause a denial of service
7.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in D-Link DIR-825 2.10b02, which could let a remote malicious user cause a denial of service. The vulnerability could be triggered by sending an HTTP request with URL /vct_wan; the sbin/httpd would invoke the strchr function and take NULL as a first argument, which finally leads to the segmentation fault. NOTE: The DIR-825 and all hardware revisions is considered End of Life and as such this issue will not be patched
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DF
Dir-825 Firmware · Dlink
2.10b02 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29296
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29296
Vendor Advisory
https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10212
Vendor Advisory
https://www.dlink.com/en/security-bulletin/
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