Tenda AC15/AC18 15.03.05.19 fromDhcpListClient stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Tenda AC15 and AC18 15.03.05.19. The impacted element is the function fromDhcpListClient. The manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-40869. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tenda AC15 and AC18 15.03.05.19. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function fromDhcpListClient. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A 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). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Tenda AC15 and AC18 routers V15.03.05.19 contain stack overflow vulnerabilities in the function fromDhcpListClient with a combined parameter "list*" ("%s%d","list").

The weakness was released 09/23/2022. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-40869 since 09/19/2022. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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09/19/2022 🔍
09/23/2022 +4 days 🔍
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05/28/2025 +978 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: tenda.com.cn

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-40869 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-40869
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209436

Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2022 20:13
Updated: 05/28/2025 02:24
Changes: 09/23/2022 20:13 (38), 10/23/2022 08:20 (11), 05/28/2025 02:24 (16)
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