Authenticated router crash via oversized PPPoE password
Published Oct 9, 2025 · Updated Oct 9, 2025
Stack-based buffer overflow in Tenda AC7 firmware 15.03.06.44 allows remote authenticated users to crash the router via PPPoE setup. The fast_setting_pppoe_set handler saves an oversized password under wan1.ppoe.pwd, and fast_setting_get later copies it into a fixed-size stack buffer without validating its length. Low-privileged web-management access is required; the demonstrated consequence is a router crash, while code execution remains unproven.
Summary
What happened
Stack-based buffer overflow in Tenda AC7 firmware 15.03.06.44 allows remote authenticated users to crash the router via PPPoE setup. The fast_setting_pppoe_set handler saves an oversized password under wan1.ppoe.pwd, and fast_setting_get later copies it into a fixed-size stack buffer without validating its length. Low-privileged web-management access is required; the demonstrated consequence is a router crash, while code execution remains unproven.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-11527
- Published
- Oct 9, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 9, 2025
- Vendor
- Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co., Ltd.
- Product
- AC7
- Classifications
- CWE-121, CWE-119, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 9, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 9, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=15.03.06.44
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Public exploit references
- Tenda AC7 fast_setting_pppoe_set proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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