CVE-2018-17012 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting TP-Link TL-WR886N 6.0 and 7.0 routers. Authenticated attackers can crash critical router services like HTTP and DNS by providing excessively long JSON data to the hosts_info set_block_flag up_limit function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity by an authenticated user to achieve high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion 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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