CVE-2025-10685 HTTP POST with specific higher content length leads into heap corruption

Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Softing Industrial Automation GmbH smartLink SW-PN and smartLink SW-HT (Webserver modules) allows overflow buffers.

This issue affects:

smartLink SW-PN: through 1.03

smartLink SW-HT: through 1.42

Problem: CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE-122
Impact: CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers CAPEC-100
ProductAffectedUnaffected
Softing smartLink SW-PN » Webserver

Default status is unaffected
through 1.03
1.04
Softing smartLink SW-HT » Webserver

Default status is unaffected
through 1.42
1.43

CPE Applicability:

CPE Applicability (based on the Affected products section)

    • cpe:2.3:a:softing:smartlink_sw-pn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* is vulnerable from (including) 0 and up to (including) 1.03
    • OR cpe:2.3:a:softing:smartlink_sw-pn:1.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* is not vulnerable
  • or
    • cpe:2.3:a:softing:smartlink_sw-ht:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* is vulnerable from (including) 0 and up to (including) 1.42
    • OR cpe:2.3:a:softing:smartlink_sw-ht:1.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* is not vulnerable


Solution

Update firmware for

smartLink SW-PN: to 1.04

smartLink SW-HT: to 1.43


Credits

Frank Renner

References
https://industrial.softing.com/fileadmin/psirt/downloads/2025/CVE-2025-10685.html
https://industrial.softing.com/fileadmin/psirt/downloads/2025/CVE-2025-10685.json