CVE-2021-45757

ASUS AC68U <=3.0.0.4.385.20852 is affected by a buffer overflow in blocking.cgi, which may cause a denial of service (DoS).

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/IBUILI/Asus	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/IBUILI/Asus	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ac68u_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:asus:rt-ac68u:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-03-23 11:15

Updated : 2026-07-09 01:17

NVD link : CVE-2021-45757

Mitre link : CVE-2021-45757

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-45757

JSON object : View

Products Affected

asus

rt-ac68u_firmware
rt-ac68u

CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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