Remote code execution via netmsk stack overflow
Published Dec 23, 2025 · Updated Dec 23, 2025
Stack-based buffer overflow in Tenda WH450 1.0.0.18 allows remote attackers to execute code or crash the router via an HTTP request. The /goform/PPTPClient handler accepts an oversized netmsk value that exceeds its 20-byte stack buffer. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation can execute arbitrary code or interrupt service by crashing the device.
Summary
What happened
Stack-based buffer overflow in Tenda WH450 1.0.0.18 allows remote attackers to execute code or crash the router via an HTTP request. The /goform/PPTPClient handler accepts an oversized netmsk value that exceeds its 20-byte stack buffer. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation can execute arbitrary code or interrupt service by crashing the device.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-15046
- Published
- Dec 23, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 23, 2025
- Vendor
- Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co., Ltd.
- Product
- WH450
- Classifications
- CWE-121, CWE-119, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 23, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0.18
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Public exploit references
- Tenda WH450 PPTPClient buffer-overflow proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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