TP-Link Omada ER605 DHCPv6 Client Options stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in TP-Link Omada ER605. Affected is an unknown function of the component DHCPv6 Client Options Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-1179. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in TP-Link Omada ER605 (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component DHCPv6 Client Options Handler. 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 Omada ER605 DHCPv6 Client Options Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link Omada ER605 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of DHCP options. 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-22420.

The weakness was presented 02/06/2024. The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-1179 since 02/01/2024. 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 08/08/2025).

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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• Omada ER605

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.tp-link.com/

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