{"id":"CVE-2019-8985","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-8985","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:36:43.196Z","title":"On Netis WF2411 with firmware 2.1.36123 and other Netis WF2xxx devices (possibly WF2411 through WF2880), there is a stack-based buffer overflow that does not require authentication.","description":"On Netis WF2411 with firmware 2.1.36123 and other Netis WF2xxx devices (possibly WF2411 through WF2880), there is a stack-based buffer overflow that does not require authentication. This can cause denial of service (device restart) or remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered by a GET request with a long HTTP \"Authorization: Basic\" header that is mishandled by user_auth->user_ok in /bin/boa.","published":"2019-02-21T19:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:42:52.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-306","CWE-787"],"affected":["netis-systems/wf2411 firmware","netis-systems/wf2880 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.13296,"percentile":0.96366,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.06609,"percentile":0.93631},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.13296,"percentile":0.96215}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.13296,"from":0.06609,"percentile":0.96215},"summary":"EPSS moved from 6.6% to 13.3% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/WhooAmii/whooamii.github.io/blob/master/2018/netis/buffer%20overflow.md","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/WhooAmii/whooamii.github.io/blob/master/2018/netis/buffer%20overflow.md","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8985","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}