CVE-2018-17065
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 devices. Within the handler function of the...
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 devices. Within the handler function of the /goform/DDNS route, a very long password could lead to a stack-based buffer overflow and overwrite the return address.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 devices. Within the handler function of the /goform/DDNS route, a very long password could lead to a stack-based buffer overflow and overwrite the return address.
- Record
CVE-2018-17065- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 devices. Within the handler function of the /goform/DDNS route, a very long password could lead to a stack-based buffer overflow and overwrite the return address.
- Record
CVE-2018-17065- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8846 No score
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 devices. Within the handler function of the /goform/DDNS route, a very long password could lead to a stack-based buffer overflow and overwrite the return address.
- Record
EUVD-2018-8846- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7w66-rrr8-g736
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 devices. Within the handler function of the...
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 devices. Within the handler function of the /goform/DDNS route, a very long password could lead to a stack-based buffer overflow and overwrite the return address.
- Record
GHSA-7w66-rrr8-g736- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-17065 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Dlink Dir-816 A2 Firmware, published September 15, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.89%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.