CVE-2023-4744
Published: 04 September 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-4744 is a critical-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Tenda Ac8 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 34.6% 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-54592
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in Tenda AC8 16.03.34.06_cn_TDC01. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function formSetDeviceName. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed…
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to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-238633 was assigned to this vulnerability.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CVE-2023-4744 is a remote, unauthenticated stack-based buffer overflow in the Tenda AC8 router's web interface (formSetDeviceName), enabling arbitrary code execution on a public-facing network device, which adversaries can exploit for initial access.
Affected Assets
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.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.