CVE-2021-31755: Tenda AC11 Router Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name
Tenda AC11 Router Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor
Tenda
Product
AC11 Router
Added to the catalog
2021-11-03
Due date for US federal agencies
2021-11-17
Weaknesses
CWE-787
Catalog version
2026.10.30

Tenda AC11 devices contain a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in /goform/setmac which allows attackers to execute code via a crafted post request.

Required action (CISA)

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Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

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NVD analysis

Status
Analyzed
Published
2021-05-07T23:15:07.047
Last modified
2026-06-17T03:52:12.150
Weaknesses
CWE-787

An issue was discovered on Tenda AC11 devices with firmware through 02.03.01.104_CN. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in /goform/setmac allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the system via a crafted post request.

MetricScoreSeverityVectorScored by
CVSS 3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.010HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C[email protected] (Primary)

References

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CVE record

Assigner
mitre
State
PUBLISHED
Published
2021-05-07T22:01:44.000Z
Updated
2025-10-21T23:25:46.571Z
Problem types
n/a

An issue was discovered on Tenda AC11 devices with firmware through 02.03.01.104_CN. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in /goform/setmac allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the system via a crafted post request.

References

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2021-31755: Tenda AC11 Router Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-7780ee1ee5d6, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2021-31755 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T03:52:12.150.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-21T23:25:46.571Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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