CVE-2025-8978 (GCVE-0-2025-8978)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-14 19:02
Modified
2025-08-14 19:51
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
6.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RC:R
6.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RC:R
CWE
  • CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Summary
A vulnerability was determined in D-Link DIR-619L 6.02CN02. Affected is the function FirmwareUpgrade of the component boa. The manipulation leads to insufficient verification of data authenticity. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
D-Link DIR-619L Version: 6.02CN02
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