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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

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Linksys E8450 affected
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1.2.00.360516 affected —

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https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-120283 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/1014924 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/429627 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/429627/cti cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.linksys.com/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-02T01:00:22.303Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-120283

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-120283

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Updated: 2026-11-02T02:30:06Z

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