TP-Link AX1800 Firmware Parser stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in TP-Link AX1800. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Firmware Parser. Executing a manipulation can lead to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-27346. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in TP-Link AX1800 (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Firmware Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

TP-Link AX1800 Firmware Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link AX1800 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of firmware images. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. . Was ZDI-CAN-19703.

The weakness was disclosed 04/02/2023. The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-27346 since 02/28/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/18/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• TP-Link

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• AX1800

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.tp-link.com/

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