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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-27114

Within the handler function of the /goform/addassignment route, a very long text entry for the"'s_ip" and "s_mac" fields could lead to a Stack-Based Buffer Overflow and overwrite the return address.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 24.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An issue was discovered in D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.10 B05 devices. Within the handler function of the /goform/addassignment route, a very long text entry for the"'s_ip" and "s_mac" fields could lead to a Stack-Based Buffer Overflow and overwrite the return address.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
24.55% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
dlink/dir-816 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%13%25%3 November 2026: 24.55%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 24.6% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.