🛡️ CVE-2024-39299 — wl-wn533a8-firmware

🔴 CVSS 9.1 — Critical ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-120 NVD
9.1
CVSS Score
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Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the qos.cgi qos_sta_settings() functionality of Wavlink AC3000 M33A8.V5030.210505. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker can make an authenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-39299 is classified as CWE-120: Classic Buffer Overflow. Input is copied into a fixed-size buffer without a length check, overwriting memory past the end of it.

Affected software

CVE-2024-39299 is recorded against 1 package.

  • wl-wn533a8-firmware

Timeline and source

Published on 14 January 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

talosintelligence.com
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Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.1
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-120
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2025-01-14
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
wl-wn533a8-firmware — —

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