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.
Critical 10.0
CVE-2026-120283
Linksys E8450 — buffer overflow.
A vulnerability was identified in Linksys E8450 1.2.00.360516.
Published Updated Source NVD
CVSS 3.1
10.0
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit chance, 30 days
0.6%
Higher than 47% of all CVEs (EPSS)
Status
No known exploitation
Not in CISA KEV
Patch
Unknown
Check the vendor advisory
What happened
What to do
- 01Check whether you run Linksys E8450, and which version.
- 02Follow the vendor advisory for a fix or a workaround.
References
Timeline · UTC
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