CVE-2019-6989
high-risk
Published 2019-06-06
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.
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19.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 81% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
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8
CVSS 8.8/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (2)
Tl-Wr941Nd Firmware
Affected Vendors
50
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
30/34 · Critical
Exploitability
13/34 · Low
Exposure
7/34 · Low