CVE-2024-4494
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability has been found in Tenda i21 1.0.0.14(4656) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function formSetUplinkInfo of the file /goform/setUplinkInfo. The manipulation of the argument pingHostIp2 leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-263083. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceStack-based buffer overflow in Tenda i21 firmware 1.0.0.14(4656) in the /goform/setUplinkInfo formSetUplinkInfo function. The pingHostIp2 argument is not properly validated before use, allowing an attacker to overflow a stack buffer via specially crafted input. The exploit is publicly available and can be launched remotely.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.0.0.14\(4656\)CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify device modelAccess the router's web management interface or CLI and check the device model information. Look for 'Tenda I21' or 'i21' in the system info or device status page.Affected if Device is a Tenda I21 router
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Check firmware versionIn the router's web interface, navigate to System Settings > Firmware Upgrade or System Status to view the firmware version. The exact version must be 1.0.0.14(4656).Affected if Firmware version is exactly 1.0.0.14(4656)
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Verify web management interface accessibilityAttempt to access the router's web interface on ports 80 or 443 from the network. Check if the /goform/setUplinkInfo endpoint responds to HTTP GET or POST requests.Affected if Web management interface (port 80/443) is exposed and the vulnerable /goform/setUplinkInfo endpoint is reachable
The environment is affected only if it is a Tenda I21 router running firmware version 1.0.0.14(4656) with the web management interface accessible on the network.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor firmware patch when available. Until then, disable or restrict access to the affected web management interface (port 80/443) to reduce attack surface, or implement network-level filtering to limit exposure.
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