CVE-2018-17018 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 submitting excessively long JSON data to the time_switch name parameter. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and requires authentication, leading to high availability impact. There is no public exploit code available, it is not on the KEV catalog, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage, suggesting low current exploitation risk.
| 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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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.