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Description

Realtek rtl81xx SDK Wi-Fi Driver rtwlanu Heap-based Buffer Overflow Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Realtek rtl81xx SDK Wi-Fi driver. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the N6CSet_DOT11_CIPHER_DEFAULT_KEY function. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-26552.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-07-28 | Published 2025-09-02 | Updated 2025-09-03 | Assigner zdi




HIGH: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Product status

Default status
unknown

1030.38.712.2019
affected

References

www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-883/ (ZDI-25-883)

cve.org (CVE-2025-8300)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-8300)

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