CVE-2023-41230 — D-Link DIR-3040 HTTP Request Processing Referer Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Remo

D-Link DIR-3040 HTTP Request Processing Referer Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DIR-3040 routers. Authentication is not required to

01What is this vulnerability?

D-Link DIR-3040 HTTP Request Processing Referer Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DIR-3040 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
D-Link	DIR	3040 — 120B03

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-05-03T02:12:20.038Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T18:54:04.575Z

09References

• www.zerodayinitiative.com — https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1338/
• supportannouncement.us.dlink.com — https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP1…