CVE-2025-14993: tenda ac18_firmware

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-14993 is a high (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in tenda ac18_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 21-12-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 24-02-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability was detected in Tenda AC18 15.03.05.05. This affects the function sprintf of the file /goform/SetDlnaCfg of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument scanList results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowA stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).