Unauthenticated router compromise via formWifiBasicSet buffer overflow
Published Aug 30, 2023 · Updated Oct 1, 2024
Buffer overflow in Tenda AC6 firmware 15.03.05.16 allows remote attackers to compromise the router through formWifiBasicSet. The public record identifies the handler but does not disclose the triggering parameter, unsafe operation, destination buffer, or request path. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation can disclose or alter data and interrupt service.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in Tenda AC6 firmware 15.03.05.16 allows remote attackers to compromise the router through formWifiBasicSet. The public record identifies the handler but does not disclose the triggering parameter, unsafe operation, destination buffer, or request path. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation can disclose or alter data and interrupt service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-40844
- Published
- Aug 30, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 1, 2024
- Vendor
- Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co., Ltd.
- Product
- AC6
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 30, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0br_v15.03.05.16_multi_td01.bin
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