CVE-2018-15172 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

TP-Link WR840N devices have a buffer overflow via a long Authorization HTTP header.

Published: 2018-08-15

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 10.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr840n_firmware:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr840n:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.101.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://hackingvila.wordpress.com/2018/08/08/tp-link-buffer-overflow-via-a-long-authorization-http-header-cve-2018-15172/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45203/

History

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Subscriptions

Tp-link Tl-wr840n Tl-wr840n Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-08-15T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:46:25.334Z

Reserved: 2018-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-15172

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-15T17:29:02.597

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:50:27.217

Link: CVE-2018-15172

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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