What is CVE-2018-12693?

CVE-2018-12693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tp-link Tl-wa850re, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-06-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-12693?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Tp-link Tl-wa850re

CVE-2018-12693

Stack-based buffer overflow in TP-Link TL-WA850RE Wi-Fi Range Extender with hardware version 5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (outage) via a long type parameter to /data/syslog.filter.json.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.158 (96.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Tp-link Tl-wa850re — versions 5
Tp-link Tl-wa850re_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12693?: CVE-2018-12693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tp-link Tl-wa850re, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-06-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-12693?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.