CVE-2025-8949: d-link dir-825

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-8949 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in d-link dir-825. EPSS estimates a 0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 14-08-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 14-08-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability was identified in D-Link DIR-825 2.10. Affected by this vulnerability is the function get_ping_app_stat of the file ping_response.cgi of the component httpd. The manipulation of the argument ping_ipaddr leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

• 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).