CVE-2025-41679 Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow in Conftool Service Leading to Denial of Service

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause a denial of service in the Conftool service via a buffer overflow in Helmholz and MB connect line devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-41679?

CVE-2025-41679 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Helmholz REX 100, published on 21 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability in the device causing a denial of service that affects only the network initializing wizard (Conftool) service.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41679?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mbconnectline Mbnet.mini Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2025-41679?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-41679 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2025-41679 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41679 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9c9x-54g4-9pfx.

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