Security Resilience

CVE-2024-10280

Memory Safety in Tenda Ac9 Firmware 15.03.05.14 … 15.03.2.13

Memory Safety
Published
23 October 2024
Modified
01 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v4 7.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0080 56th percentile
Risk Priority 38 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-10280 is a high-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Tenda Ac9 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique OS Credential Dumping (T1003); ranked in the top 44% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A10:2025 Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability was found in Tenda AC6, AC7, AC8, AC9, AC10, AC10U, AC15, AC18, AC500 and AC1206 up to 20241022. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function websReadEvent of the file /goform/GetIPTV. The manipulation of the…

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argument Content-Length leads to null pointer dereference. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

CWE(s)
CWE-476

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1003 OS Credential Dumping Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump credentials to obtain account login and credential material, normally in the form of a hash or a clear text password.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.007 Proc Filesystem Credential Access
Adversaries may gather credentials from the proc filesystem or `/proc`.
attack.mitre.org →
T1006 Direct Volume Access Stealth
Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file access controls and file system monitoring.
attack.mitre.org →
T1011 Exfiltration Over Other Network Medium Exfiltration
Adversaries may attempt to exfiltrate data over a different network medium than the command and control channel.
attack.mitre.org →
T1012 Query Registry Discovery
Adversaries may interact with the Windows Registry to gather information about the system, configuration, and installed software.
attack.mitre.org →
T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may look for details about the network configuration and settings, such as IP and/or MAC addresses, of systems they access or through information discovery of remote systems.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2023-38935Same product: Tenda Ac10
CVE-2023-38933Same product: Tenda Ac10
CVE-2023-38936Same product: Tenda Ac10
CVE-2023-37717Same product: Tenda Ac10

Affected Assets

tenda
ac15 firmware
15.03.05.18, 15.03.05.19
tenda
ac7 firmware
15.03.06.44
tenda
ac10u firmware
15.03.06.48, 15.03.06.49
tenda
ac500 firmware
1.0.0.14, 1.0.0.16, 2.0.1.9\(1307\)
tenda
ac18 firmware
15.03.05.05, 15.03.05.19\(6318\)
tenda
ac9 firmware
15.03.05.14, 15.03.05.19\(6318\), 15.03.06.42, 15.03.2.13
tenda
ac1206 firmware
15.03.06.23
tenda
ac6 firmware
15.03.06.23
tenda
ac10 firmware
16.03.10.13, 16.03.10.20, 16.03.48.19, 16.03.48.23
tenda
ac8 firmware
16.03.34.06, 16.03.34.09

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation (including static analysis) directly finds null-dereference bugs before deployment.

SA-15 Development Process, Standards, and Tools partial match

Documented development standards and tools can enforce null-safety rules and safe pointer usage.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Engineering principles can mandate defensive coding such as explicit null checks before dereference.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices (static analysis, code review, safe coding standards) directly prevent NULL dereference bugs during development.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.8.10 Information deletion partial match
removes

References