Router compromise via unchecked Time buffer copy
Published Nov 3, 2025 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Buffer overflow in /goform/DatabaseIniSet in Tenda AC8 16.03.34.06 allows remote authenticated users to compromise the router via Time. The handler copies the attacker-controlled Time value into a destination buffer without verifying that the value fits. A low-privilege management session is sufficient; successful corruption affects router confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in /goform/DatabaseIniSet in Tenda AC8 16.03.34.06 allows remote authenticated users to compromise the router via Time. The handler copies the attacker-controlled Time value into a destination buffer without verifying that the value fits. A low-privilege management session is sufficient; successful corruption affects router confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-12618
- Published
- Nov 3, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co., Ltd.
- Product
- AC8
- Classifications
- CWE-120, CWE-119, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 3, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=16.03.34.06
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Public exploit references
- Tenda AC8 DatabaseIniSet Time buffer-overflow proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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