Conftool service crash via oversized confnet fields
Published Jul 21, 2025 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Out-of-bounds writes in Conftool on REX 100 and mbNET.mini before 2.3.3 allow remote attackers to crash the network wizard. The confnet binary's serial and command functions mishandle oversized values, writing beyond their intended buffers and terminating the service. No credentials or user interaction are required, but the device serial number is required; the published proof of concept retrieves it over UDP port 25353.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds writes in Conftool on REX 100 and mbNET.mini before 2.3.3 allow remote attackers to crash the network wizard. The confnet binary's serial and command functions mishandle oversized values, writing beyond their intended buffers and terminating the service. No credentials or user interaction are required, but the device serial number is required; the published proof of concept retrieves it over UDP port 25353.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-41679
- Published
- Jul 21, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Helmholz GmbH & Co. KG
- Product
- REX 100
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 21, 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=0.0.0 <2.3.3
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Public exploit references
- Unauthenticated confnet serial and command overflow proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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