Authenticated code execution via unchecked schedule parameters
Published Sep 23, 2022 · Updated May 27, 2025
Heap overflow in Tenda AC15 and AC18 firmware 15.03.05.19 allows remote authenticated users to execute code via crafted Wi-Fi schedule parameters. setSchedWifi allocates 25 bytes, then uses strcpy to copy attacker-controlled schedStartTime and schedEndTime values at offsets 2 and 10 without length checks. The published proofs of concept first authenticate as an administrator; oversized values can corrupt the heap, crash the router, or enable code execution.
Summary
What happened
Heap overflow in Tenda AC15 and AC18 firmware 15.03.05.19 allows remote authenticated users to execute code via crafted Wi-Fi schedule parameters. setSchedWifi allocates 25 bytes, then uses strcpy to copy attacker-controlled schedStartTime and schedEndTime values at offsets 2 and 10 without length checks. The published proofs of concept first authenticate as an administrator; oversized values can corrupt the heap, crash the router, or enable code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-40865
- Published
- Sep 23, 2022
- Updated
- May 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1210
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 23, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Tenda AC15 setSchedWifi HTTP proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
- Tenda AC18 setSchedWifi HTTP proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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