CVE-2025-55603
Memory Safety in Tenda Ax3 Firmware 16.03.12.10_cn
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-55603 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Tenda Ax3 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 34th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-55603 is a buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-120) affecting the Tenda AX3 router on firmware version V16.03.12.10_CN. The flaw exists in the fromSetSysTime function, which mishandles the ntpServer parameter, leading to potential memory corruption. Published on 2025-08-22, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), indicating high severity primarily due to availability impact.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation triggers a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial-of-service condition that crashes the affected device, disrupting network services without impacting confidentiality or integrity.
Advisories are available at https://github.com/wudipjq/my_vuln/blob/main/Tenda3/vuln_45/45.md, which provides further technical details on the vulnerability. No vendor patches or specific mitigation steps are detailed in the primary CVE information.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-28603
Vulnerability Data
Tenda AX3 V16.03.12.10_CN is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the fromSetSysTime function via the ntpServer parameter.
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and analysis can find missing size checks before deployment.
Input validation directly enforces size checks before buffer copies.
Engineering principles require bounds checking and safe buffer handling in design.
Memory protection limits the impact of an overflow once it occurs.
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.
Secure development practices directly enforce bounds checking and input validation that prevent classic buffer overflows.
Vulnerability identification processes such as code review or scanning detect classic buffer overflows before exploitation.
Routine patching replaces vulnerable code containing unchecked buffer copies with corrected versions.
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.
Secure coding directly requires bounds-checked memory operations, addressing the root cause of CWE-120.
Security testing in development and acceptance can detect buffer overflows through fuzzing and static analysis, though it does not prevent them at the source.
Secure development life cycle mandates processes that can include input validation and bounds checking to prevent buffer overflows.
Application security requirements can specify input-size validation and safe buffer handling to mitigate classic buffer overflows.
Secure system architecture and engineering principles promote defensive coding patterns that reduce the likelihood of unchecked buffer copies.