{"id":37524,"date":"2025-05-12T15:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:22:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-30T04:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:38:58","slug":"cve-2025-4299-critical-remote-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac1206","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4299-critical-remote-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac1206\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-4299: Critical Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Tenda AC1206<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-4299, has been discovered in the Tenda AC1206 up to version 15.03.06.23. This vulnerability is a significant threat because it allows an attacker to remotely manipulate a buffer overflow condition, potentially leading to system compromise and data leakage. Given the increasing reliance on wireless access technologies, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-37442-severe-out-of-bounds-read-vulnerabilities-in-gtkwave-3-3-115\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42671\">vulnerability could have severe<\/a> implications for both individuals and organizations who fail to adequately patch or mitigate the risk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-4299<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Remote<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Not required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32974-critical-vulnerability-in-xwiki-s-rights-analysis-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42237\">Potential system<\/a> compromise and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3575825937\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Tenda AC1206 | Up to 15.03.06.23<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47154-exploitation-of-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-libjs-in-ladybird\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42334\">exploit leverages the vulnerability<\/a> found in the function &#8216;setSchedWifi&#8217; of the file &#8216;\/goform\/openSchedWifi. An attacker can remotely initiate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4116-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-netgear-jwnr2000v2-1-0-0-11\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42218\">buffer overflow<\/a> condition by sending an oversized data packet to this function. Once the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4120-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-netgear-jwnr2000v2-1-0-0-11\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42227\">buffer is overflowed<\/a>, the attacker can execute arbitrary code, potentially gaining control of the system or leaking sensitive information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3257401907\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is a conceptual example of how an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5353-local-authenticated-attacker-exploit-in-ivanti-workspace-control\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75224\">attacker might exploit<\/a> the vulnerability. Please note this is purely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49526-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-illustrator-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75223\">illustrative and not actual exploit code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/goform\/openSchedWifi HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;SSID&quot;: &quot;NormalSSID&quot;,\n&quot;password&quot;: &quot;NormalPassword&quot;,\n&quot;extra_payload&quot;: &quot;aaaaaa...[continue until buffer overflow]...&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the &#8220;extra_payload&#8221; field contains an excessive amount of data designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4114-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-netgear-jwnr2000v2-1-0-0-11-s-check-language-file-function\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42292\">overflow the buffer<\/a>. Once the buffer is filled, the additional data could overwrite other memory areas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-36864-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-gtkwave-3-3-115-with-potential-for-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42475\">potentially leading to arbitrary code<\/a> execution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s recommended to apply the vendor patch as soon as possible. In the interim, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as temporary mitigation. Ensure that these systems are configured to detect and block potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4140-critical-remote-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-netgear-ex6120-1-0-3-94\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42296\">buffer overflow<\/a> attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-4299, has been discovered in the Tenda AC1206 up to version 15.03.06.23. This vulnerability is a significant threat because it allows an attacker to remotely manipulate a buffer overflow condition, potentially leading to system compromise and data leakage. Given the increasing reliance on wireless access technologies, this vulnerability could have severe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[86,80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-37524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-buffer-overflow","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37524"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67814,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37524\/revisions\/67814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37524"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=37524"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=37524"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=37524"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=37524"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=37524"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=37524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}