CVE-2024-45415: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 41% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 16 Sep 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Organizations should immediately identify and inventory all ZTE routers in their environment to assess exposure. Until official patches are released, network administrators should implement strict network segmentation and firewall rules to restrict access to router management interfaces, especially blocking inbound POST requests to the HTTPD service from untrusted networks. Deploying intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS) with signatures or heuristics targeting anomalous POST requests or buffer overflow attempts against ZTE routers can provide temporary defense. Monitoring router logs and network traffic for unusual activity indicative of exploitation attempts is critical. Where possible, disable or restrict remote management interfaces exposed to the internet. Engage with ZTE support channels to obtain security advisories and patches as soon as they become available. Additionally, consider deploying network-level mitigations such as rate limiting and anomaly detection to reduce attack surface. Organizations should also prepare incident response plans specific to router compromise scenarios.
Description
The HTTPD binary in multiple ZTE routers has a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in check_data_integrity function. This function is responsible for validating the checksum of data in post request. The checksum is sent encrypted in the request, the function decrypts it and stores the checksum on the stack without validating it. An unauthenticated attacker can get RCE as root by exploiting this vulnerability.