CVE-2018-17009 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting TP-Link TL-WR886N 6.0 (firmware 2.3.4) and TL-WR886N 7.0 (firmware 1.1.0) routers. An authenticated attacker can crash critical router services, such as HTTP, DNS, and UPnP, by submitting excessively long JSON data to the wireless wlan_host_2g isolate function. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity by an authenticated user, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0_2.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr886n_firmware:6.0_2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0_1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr886n_firmware:7.0_1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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