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CVE-2025-61577 — Dlink Dir-816 Firmware security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.5

D-Link DIR-816A2_FWv1.10CNB05 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the statuscheckpppoeuser parameter in the dir_setWanWifi function. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.5 (3.1)
Published
2025-10-09
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-121

Affected products

  • dlink / dir-816_firmware / 1.10cnb05

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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