CVE•Published 2026-04-09•Modified 2026-04-30•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-5979Dlink · Dir-605l_firmware
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CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
15
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 85% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A vulnerability was detected in D-Link DIR-605L 2.13B01. Affected by this vulnerability is the function formVirtualServ of the file /goform/formVirtualServ of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument curTime results in buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Timeline
Published 2026-04-09
Modified 2026-04-30
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