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CVE-2025-9248 — Linksys Re6500 Firmware security vulnerability

High CVSS 9

A vulnerability was found in Linksys RE6250, RE6300, RE6350, RE6500, RE7000 and RE9000 1.0.013.001/1.0.04.001/1.0.04.002/1.1.05.003/1.2.07.001. The impacted element is the function RP_pingGatewayByBBS of the file /goform/RP_pingGatewayByBBS. The manipulation of the argument ssidhex results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack may be performed from a remote location. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Severity
High
CVSS
9 (2.0)
Published
2025-08-20
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-121

Affected products

  • linksys / re6500_firmware / 1.0.013.001
  • linksys / re6250_firmware / 1.0.04.001
  • linksys / re6300_firmware / 1.2.07.001
  • linksys / re6350_firmware / 1.0.04.001
  • linksys / re7000_firmware / 1.1.05.003
  • linksys / re9000_firmware / 1.0.04.002

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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