Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-44629

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 10 March 2022

Published
10 March 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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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 0.0098 77.2th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-44629 is a critical-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Tp-Link Tl-Wr886N Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 22.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A Buffer Overflow vulnerabilitiy exists in TP-LINK WR-886N 20190826 2.3.8 in the /cloud_config/router_post/register feature, which allows malicious users to execute arbitrary code on the system via a crafted post request.

CWE(s)
CWE-120

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

tp-link
tl-wr886n firmware
20190826_2.3.8

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

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