Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-45979

HighPublic PoC

Published: 12 December 2022

Published
12 December 2022
Modified
22 April 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 0.0040 60.8th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-45979 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Tenda Ax12 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 39.2% 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 AX12 v22.03.01.21_CN was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the ssid parameter at /goform/fast_setting_wifi_set .

CWE(s)
CWE-787

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

tenda
ax12 firmware
22.03.01.21_cn

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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