Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-36358

HighPublic PoC

Published: 22 June 2023

Published
22 June 2023
Modified
10 December 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0013 32.1th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-36358 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Tp-Link Tl-Wr940N Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.7 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 32.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

TP-Link TL-WR940N V2/V3/V4, TL-WR941ND V5/V6, TL-WR743ND V1 and TL-WR841N V8 were discovered to contain a buffer overflow in the component /userRpm/AccessCtrlAccessTargetsRpm. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted GET 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-wr940n firmware
all versions
tp-link
tl-wr841n firmware
all versions
tp-link
tl-wr941nd firmware
all versions
tp-link
tl-wr743nd firmware
all versions

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.

References