CVE-2019-6989 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

TP-Link TL-WR940N is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the ipAddrDispose function. By sending specially crafted ICMP echo request packets, a remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.

Published: 2019-06-06

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 19.1% 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-wr940n_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr940n:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr941nd_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr941nd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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 Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19084.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152458/TP-LINK-TL-WR940N-TL-WR941ND-Buffer-Overflow.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46678/

History

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Subscriptions

Tp-link Tl-wr940n Tl-wr940n Firmware Tl-wr941nd Tl-wr941nd Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-06-06T17:24:50.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T20:38:32.677Z

Reserved: 2019-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-6989

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-06-06T18:29:00.410

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:47:22.590

Link: CVE-2019-6989

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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