CVE-2023-0782 — A vulnerability was found in Tenda AC23 16

A vulnerability was found in Tenda AC23 16.03.07.45 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function formSetSysToolDDNS/formGetSysToolDDNS of the file /bin/httpd. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability was found in Tenda AC23 16.03.07.45 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function formSetSysToolDDNS/formGetSysToolDDNS of the file /bin/httpd. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-220640.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Tenda	AC23	16.03.07.45

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-02-11T17:00:26.679Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-24T14:48:05.523Z

09References

• vuldb.com — https://vuldb.com/?id.220640
• vuldb.com — https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220640
• github.com — https://github.com/jingping911/tendaAC23overflow/blob/main/README.md