CVE-2019-6989 (GCVE-0-2019-6989)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-06-06 17:24 – Updated: 2024-08-04 20:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46678/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152458/TP-LI… | x_refsource_MISC |
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