CVE-2018-15840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

TP-Link TL-WR840N devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (networking outage) via fragmented packets, as demonstrated by an "nmap -f" command.

Published: 2019-03-29

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-7698	TP-Link TL-WR840N devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (networking outage) via fragmented packets, as demonstrated by an "nmap -f" command.

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 0.0065.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://hackingvila.wordpress.com/2019/02/17/tp-link-wireless-n-router-wr840n-buffer-overflow-cve-2018-15840/

History

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Subscriptions

Tp-link Tl-wr840n Tl-wr840n Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-03-29T17:09:43.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:01:54.610Z

Reserved: 2018-08-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-15840

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-03-29T18:29:00.190

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:51:32.497

Link: CVE-2018-15840

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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