CVE-2021-35004

21.01.2022, 16:15

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link TL-WA1201 1.0.1 Build 20200709 rel.66244(5553) wireless access points. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of DNS responses. A crafted DNS message can trigger an overflow of a fixed-length, stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-14656.

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	NIST	9.8 CRITICAL	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
zdi	CNA	8.8 HIGH	ADJACENT_NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE	ADP	---				---

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 94%

Vendor	Product	Version
tp-link	tl-wa1201_firmware	1.0.1:build_20200709

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= Vulnerable software versions

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-081/