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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2023-36359

High
7.5/10

Summary

TP-Link TL-WR940N V4, TL-WR841N V8/V10, TL-WR940N V2/V3 and TL-WR941ND V5/V6 were discovered to contain a buffer overflow in the component /userRpm/QoSRuleListRpm. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted GET request.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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