CVE-2019-6989

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2019-06-06

Last modified

2024-08-04

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

• Tl-wr940n Firmware (Tp-link)
• Tl-wr941nd Firmware (Tp-link)

References

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