CVE-2025-5799: Tenda AC8 WifiExtraSet fromSetWirelessRepeat stack-based overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-5799 is a high (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in tenda ac8_firmware. EPSS estimates a 1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 06-06-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 09-06-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability was found in Tenda AC8 16.03.34.09. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function fromSetWirelessRepeat of the file /goform/WifiExtraSet. The manipulation of the argument wpapsk_crypto leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the 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).