CVE-2018-17017 affects TP-Link TL-WR886N 6.0 and 7.0 routers, allowing authenticated attackers to crash critical router services like HTTP, DNS, and UPnP. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) is exploitable remotely with low attack complexity, requiring prior authentication but no user interaction, leading to a denial of service. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has not been added to CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| 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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