Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-42079

HighPublic PoC

Published: 12 October 2022

Published
12 October 2022
Modified
15 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0035 58.2th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-42079 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Tenda Ac1206 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 41.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Tenda AC1206 US_AC1206V1.0RTL_V15.03.06.23_multi_TD01 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function formWifiBasicSet.

CWE(s)
CWE-787

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

tenda
ac1206 firmware
15.03.06.23_multi_td01

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

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