Overview
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has recently identified a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-3710, within the LCD KVM over IP Switch CL5708IM. This vulnerability has the potential to bring about significant security threats to organizations using this specific piece of technology. Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities are a common type of security issue that can lead to severe consequences, such as unauthorized system access, data leakage, or even system compromise. This vulnerability is particularly concerning due to its high CVSS severity score of 9.8, indicating a severe threat to any system leveraging the LCD KVM over IP Switch CL5708IM.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-3710
Severity: Critical, CVSS score of 9.8
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: Potential system compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
LCD KVM over IP Switch CL5708IM | All Versions
How the Exploit Works
The vulnerability, CVE-2025-3710, is a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability. It means that a buffer, a temporary data storage area, is filled beyond its capacity, causing the extra data to overflow into adjacent buffers, corrupting or overwriting the valid data held in them. In this case, the vulnerability can be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker. The attacker can send specially crafted input to the application that would overflow its buffer, leading to the execution of arbitrary code on the device.
Conceptual Example Code
Here’s a conceptual example of the vulnerability being exploited:
POST /CL5708IM/input HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/json
{ "input": "OVERFLOW_STRING_THAT_EXECUTES_ARBITRARY_CODE" }In this example, a malicious user sends an HTTP POST request with a payload that overflows the buffer of the input processing function of the LCD KVM over IP Switch CL5708IM, leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
Mitigation
The best way to mitigate this vulnerability is to apply the patch provided by the vendor as soon as it becomes available. Until then, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation measure, as they can help detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability. However, these are not long-term solutions and applying the patch should be the priority to ensure the security of your systems.
Always remember, staying updated with the latest patches and understanding the vulnerabilities in the systems you use are the best defenses against security threats.