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CVE-2024-8748: A buffer overflow vulnerability in the packet parser of the third-party library "libclinkc" in Zyxel VMG8825-T50K firmware versions through

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.52% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the packet parser of the third-party library "libclinkc" in Zyxel VMG8825-T50K firmware versions through V5.50(ABOM.8.4)C0 could allow an attacker to cause a temporary denial of service (DoS) condition against the web management interface by sending a crafted HTTP POST request to a vulnerable device.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Published: Dec 2, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.5% · 44th percentile
CWE: CWE-120

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: —
CNA · Zyxel: 7.5; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
zyxel	lte3301-plus firmware	cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:lte3301-plus_firmware
zyxel	lte3301-plus	cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:lte3301-plus
zyxel	lte5388-m804 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:lte5388-m804_firmware
zyxel	lte5388-m804	cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:lte5388-m804
zyxel	lte5398-m904 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:lte5398-m904_firmware
zyxel	lte5398-m904	cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:lte5398-m904
zyxel	lte7480-m804 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:lte7480-m804_firmware
zyxel	lte7480-m804	cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:lte7480-m804
zyxel	lte7490-m904 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:lte7490-m904_firmware
zyxel	lte7490-m904	cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:lte7490-m904
zyxel	nr7101 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:nr7101_firmware
zyxel	nr7101	cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:nr7101

and 114 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

zyxel ax7501-b0 firmwarebefore 5.17\(abpc.5.3\)c0
zyxel ax7501-b1 firmwarebefore 5.17\(abpc.5.3\)c0
zyxel dx3300-t0 firmwarebefore 5.50\(aby.5.4\)c0
zyxel dx3300-t1 firmwarebefore 5.50\(aby.5.4\)c0
zyxel dx3301-t0 firmwarebefore 5.50\(aby.5.4\)c0
zyxel dx4510-b0 firmwarebefore 5.17\(abyl.8\)c0
zyxel dx4510-b1 firmwarebefore 5.17\(abyl.8\)c0
zyxel dx5401-b0 firmwarebefore 5.17\(abyo.6.4\)c0
zyxel dx5401-b1 firmwarebefore 5.17\(abyo.6.4\)c0
zyxel ee6510-10 firmwarebefore 5.19\(acjq.1\)c0
zyxel emg3525-t50b firmwarebefore 5.50\(abpm.9.3\)c0
zyxel emg5523-t50b firmwarebefore 5.50\(abpm.9.3\)c0
zyxel emg5723-t50k firmwarebefore 5.50\(abom.8.5\)c0
zyxel emg6726-b10a firmwarebefore 5.13\(abnp.8\)c1
zyxel ex2210-t0 firmwarebefore 5.50\(acdi.2\)c0
zyxel ex3300-t0 firmwarebefore 5.50\(aby.5.4\)c0
zyxel ex3300-t1 firmwarebefore 5.50\(aby.5.4\)c0
zyxel ex3301-t0 firmwarebefore 5.50\(aby.5.4\)c0
zyxel ex3500-t0 firmwarebefore 5.44\(achr.3\)c0
zyxel ex3501-t0 firmwarebefore 5.44\(achr.3\)c0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Zyxel). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Zyxel VMG8825-T50K firmware
- <= V5.50(ABOM.8.4)C0affected

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

Later →CVE-2025-11845Feb 23, 2026 · A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the certificate downloader CGI program of the Zyxel VMG3625-T50B firmware versions through 5.50(
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Later →CVE-2025-11846Feb 23, 2026 · A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the account settings CGI program of the Zyxel VMG3625-T50B firmware versions through 5.50(ABPM.9
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-secondary

Root cause

When data is copied, the source length is not compared with the size of the destination buffer. Excess data overwrites adjacent memory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-120 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1char buf[256];
2memcpy(buf, pkt->data, pkt->len);

Fixed

1char buf[256];
2if (pkt->len > sizeof(buf)) {
3  return -EINVAL;
4}
5memcpy(buf, pkt->data, pkt->len);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

www.zyxel.com/global/en/support/security-advisories/zyxel-security-advisory-for-buffer-overflow-and-post-authentication-command-injection-vulnerabilities-in-some-4g-lte-5g-nr-cpe-dsl-ethernet-cpe-fiber-onts-and-wifi-extenders-12-03-2024

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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