CVE-2022-4498 (GCVE-0-2022-4498)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-11 20:38 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:14
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Summary
In TP-Link routers, Archer C5 and WR710N-V1, running the latest available code, when receiving HTTP Basic Authentication the httpd service can be sent a crafted packet that causes a heap overflow. This can result in either a DoS (by crashing the httpd process) or an arbitrary code execution.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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TP-Link WR710N Affected: V1-151022
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