Authenticated router crash via unchecked WAN settings
Published Sep 28, 2025 · Updated Sep 28, 2025
Stack-based buffer overflow in Tenda AC18 15.03.05.19 allows remote authenticated users to crash the router via crafted WAN settings. The WizardHandle handler stores WANT or mtuvalue in wan1.connecttype or wan1.dynamicMTU without length checks, and getAdvanceStatus retrieves the oversized value into stack storage. Low-privileged access to the web management interface is required; successful exploitation corrupts memory and interrupts the router, while code execution has not been demonstrated.
Summary
What happened
Stack-based buffer overflow in Tenda AC18 15.03.05.19 allows remote authenticated users to crash the router via crafted WAN settings. The WizardHandle handler stores WANT or mtuvalue in wan1.connecttype or wan1.dynamicMTU without length checks, and getAdvanceStatus retrieves the oversized value into stack storage. Low-privileged access to the web management interface is required; successful exploitation corrupts memory and interrupts the router, while code execution has not been demonstrated.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-11122
- Published
- Sep 28, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 28, 2025
- Vendor
- Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co., Ltd.
- Product
- AC18
- Classifications
- CWE-121, CWE-119, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 28, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=15.03.05.19
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Public exploit references
- WizardHandle mtuvalue proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
- WizardHandle WANT proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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