CVE-2020-29557 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the web interface of D-Link DIR-825 R1 devices, specifically versions through 3.0.1 before November 20, 2020. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution (RCE) with a CVSS score of 9.8. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as indicated by its presence in the KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community discussion, despite a lack of public exploit code on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Media coverage also highlights its exploitation and potential impact on millions of routers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-825_r1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.