What is CVE-2023-44018?

CVE-2023-44018 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tendacn Ac10u, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-44018?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-44018 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Tendacn Ac10u

CVE-2023-44018

Tenda AC10U v1.0 US_AC10UV1.0RTL_V15.03.06.49_multi_TDE01 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the domain parameter in the add_white_node function.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2023-09-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.170 (97.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.154 · newest: 0.170 · change: +0.016

Affected products

Tendacn Ac10u — versions 1.0
Tendacn Ac10u Firmware — versions 15.03.06.49_multi_tde01

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

aixiao0621/Tenda

References

github.com/aixiao0621/Tenda/blob/main/AC10U/10/0.md (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-44018?: CVE-2023-44018 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tendacn Ac10u, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-44018?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-44018 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.