Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-35003

Critical

Published: 21 January 2022

Published
21 January 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.1058 93.4th percentile
Risk Priority 26 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-35003 is a critical-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Tp-Link Archer C90 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 6.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link Archer C90 1.0.6 Build 20200114 rel.73164(5553) routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of DNS responses. A…

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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-14655.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

tp-link
archer c90 firmware
1.0.6

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References