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High · 7.5 Public exploit CVE-2024-5243 EUVD-2024-46482

TP-Link Omada ER605 Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published May 23, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024 · Assigned by zdi

Vendor: TP-Link Systems Product: Omada ER605 Category: Network devices

Description

TP-Link Omada ER605 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. However, devices are vulnerable only if configured to use the Comexe DDNS service.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of DNS names. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-22523.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
TP-Link Omada ER605 2.6_2.2.2 Build 20231017 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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