Description
A vulnerability was identified in Linksys E8450 1.2.00.360516. Affected is the function strcpy of the file /www/cgi-bin/portal.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument hidden_timezone leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Published: 2026-11-02
Score: 10 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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History

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linksys e8450
Vendors & Products Linksys e8450

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 01:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was identified in Linksys E8450 1.2.00.360516. Affected is the function strcpy of the file /www/cgi-bin/portal.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument hidden_timezone leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Title Linksys E8450 portal.cgi strcpy stack-based overflow
First Time appeared Linksys
Linksys e8450 Firmware
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-121
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linksys:e8450_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linksys
Linksys e8450 Firmware
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P'}


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Linksys E8450 E8450 Firmware
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-02T14:24:28.643Z

Reserved: 2026-11-01T07:58:12.074Z

Link: CVE-2026-120283

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-02T14:23:50.855Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-02T01:17:27.500

Modified: 2026-11-02T16:19:19.997

Link: CVE-2026-120283

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-11-02T09:30:16Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-119

    Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

  • CWE-121

    Stack-based Buffer Overflow