Linksys RE6250/RE6300/RE6350/RE6500/RE7000/RE9000 up to 20250801 /goform/langSwitchBack langSelectionOnly stack-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linksys RE6250, RE6300, RE6350, RE6500, RE7000 and RE9000 up to 20250801. This issue affects the function langSwitchBack of the file /goform/langSwitchBack. The manipulation of the argument langSelectionOnly leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-8833. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linksys RE6250, RE6300, RE6350, RE6500, RE7000 and RE9000 up to 20250801. This issue affects the function langSwitchBack of the file /goform/langSwitchBack. The manipulation of the argument langSelectionOnly with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-8833. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

08/10/2025 Advisory disclosed
08/10/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/11/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: linksys.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-8833 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-8833
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-319367
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/10/2025 10:11
Updated: 08/11/2025 16:02
Changes: 08/10/2025 10:11 (57), 08/11/2025 16:02 (32)
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Submitter: pjq123
Cache ID: 216::103

Submitinfo

Accepted

  • Submit #626698: Linksys RE6500、RE6250、RE6300、RE6350、RE7000、RE9000 RE6500(1.0.013.001) RE6250(1.0.04.001) RE6300(1.2.07.001) RE6350(1.0.04.001) RE7000(1.1.05.003) RE9000(1.0.04.002) Stack-based Buffer Overflow (by pjq123)

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