What is CVE-2019-6989?

CVE-2019-6989 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tp-link Tl-wr940n, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-06.

How severe is CVE-2019-6989?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Tp-link Tl-wr940n

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 bu…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.116 (95.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Tp-link Tl-wr940n
Tp-link Tl-wr940n_firmware
Tp-link Tl-wr941nd
Tp-link Tl-wr941nd_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6989?: CVE-2019-6989 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tp-link Tl-wr940n, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-06.
How severe is CVE-2019-6989?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.