{"id":86371,"date":"2026-02-03T06:27:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:27:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T06:00:00","slug":"cve-2025-44879-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-ws-wn572hp3-v230525-leading-to-denial-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44879-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-ws-wn572hp3-v230525-leading-to-denial-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-44879: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in WS-WN572HP3 V230525 Leading to Denial of Service<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a buffer overflow vulnerability in WS-WN572HP3 V230525 that poses significant cybersecurity threats. This vulnerability can be exploited to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a specially crafted HTTP request, affecting any organization or individual using the vulnerable component. Consequences can range from temporary unavailability of services to potential system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-44879<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 7.5)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Potential system compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4100734986\" 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: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\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: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\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: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>WS-WN572HP3 | V230525<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of a buffer overflow vulnerability in the \/www\/cgi-bin\/upload.cgi component of WS-WN572HP3 V230525. Buffer overflow occurs when more data is put into a fixed-length buffer than it can handle, causing an overflow of data into adjacent memory locations. In this case, an attacker sends an HTTP request containing excessive data specifically crafted to overflow the buffer. This overflow can lead to unpredictable program behavior, including memory access errors, incorrect results, a crash, or a breach of system security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2301066744\" 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>Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This is a sample HTTP request that contains a large amount of data meant to overflow the buffer.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/www\/cgi-bin\/upload.cgi HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: multipart\/form-data\n{ &quot;file&quot;: &quot;AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...&quot; } \/\/ excessively long string<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Until a vendor patch is available, users are advised to use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as temporary mitigation. The vendor is expected to release a patch that addresses the vulnerability by imposing stricter input validation checks to prevent buffer overflow. As general good practice, regular updates and patches should be applied to all software and firmware to mitigate the risk of exploitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a buffer overflow vulnerability in WS-WN572HP3 V230525 that poses significant cybersecurity threats. This vulnerability can be exploited to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a specially crafted HTTP request, affecting any organization or individual using the vulnerable component. 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