Authenticated code execution via unchecked firewallEn copy
Published Aug 10, 2025 · Updated Aug 12, 2025
Stack-based buffer overflow in Tenda AC20 16.03.08.05 allows remote authenticated users to execute code or crash the router via firewallEn. The /goform/SetFirewallCfg handler copies attacker-controlled firewallEn data into a 152-byte stack buffer with strcpy after checking only that its length exceeds three bytes, without enforcing an upper bound. Access to the network management interface and low privileges are required; an oversized request can corrupt memory, crash the service, or execute code.
Summary
What happened
Stack-based buffer overflow in Tenda AC20 16.03.08.05 allows remote authenticated users to execute code or crash the router via firewallEn. The /goform/SetFirewallCfg handler copies attacker-controlled firewallEn data into a 152-byte stack buffer with strcpy after checking only that its length exceeds three bytes, without enforcing an upper bound. Access to the network management interface and low privileges are required; an oversized request can corrupt memory, crash the service, or execute code.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-8810
- Published
- Aug 10, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 12, 2025
- Vendor
- Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co., Ltd.
- Product
- AC20
- Classifications
- CWE-121, CWE-119, T1210
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=16.03.08.05
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Public exploit references
- Tenda AC20 SetFirewallCfg firewallEn HTTP proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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