CVE-2025-6402
Published: 21 June 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-6402 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119) vulnerability in Totolink X15 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.4 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 32.0% 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-2025-18808
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in TOTOLINK X15 1.0.0-B20230714.1105. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /boafrm/formIpv6Setup of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument submit-url leads to buffer overflow.…
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The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Buffer overflow in public-facing router web interface (/boafrm/formIpv6Setup) via remote HTTP POST enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190) and facilitates endpoint denial of service through application exploitation (T1499.004), as confirmed by advisories noting DoS potential and public PoC.
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.
Managed runtimes used by platform-independent applications (e.g., JVM, CLR) enforce memory safety, preventing most buffer overflows that require direct memory manipulation.
Ongoing control assessments and code testing (static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing) surface memory buffer restriction failures, which are then remediated before release.
Memory protections (e.g., W^X, ASLR) make exploitation of buffer-boundary violations far harder to turn into code execution.
Detects exploitation attempts that produce memory corruption, crashes, or anomalous behavior.