CVE-2026-5979 (GCVE-0-2026-5979)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-09 20:45 – Updated: 2026-04-10 18:08 Unsupported When Assigned
VLAI?
Title
D-Link DIR-605L POST Request formVirtualServ buffer overflow
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
D-Link DIR-605L Affected: 2.13B01
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Credits
wxhwxhwxh_mie (VulDB User)
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