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1 vulnerability found for dsp-w215_firmware by dlink
CVE-2014-125117 (GCVE-0-2014-125117)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-25 15:50
Modified
2025-11-21 01:37
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Summary
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the my_cgi.cgi component of certain D-Link devices, including the DSP-W215 version 1.02, can be exploited via a specially crafted HTTP POST request to the /common/info.cgi endpoint. This flaw enables an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution with system-level privileges.
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