CVE-2025-14739 (GCVE-0-2025-14739)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-18 18:02 – Updated: 2025-12-19 04:55 Unsupported When Assigned
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Title
Uninitialized Pointer Vulnerability in TP-Link WR940N and WR941ND
Summary
Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in TP-Link WR940N and WR941ND allows local unauthenticated attackers the ability to execute DoS attack and potentially arbitrary code execution under the context of the ‘root’ user.This issue affects WR940N and WR941ND: ≤ WR940N v5 3.20.1 Build 200316, ≤ WR941ND v6 3.16.9 Build 151203.
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CWE
  • CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
TP-Link Systems Inc. WR940N and WR941ND Affected: 0 , ≤ WR940N v5 3.20.1 Build 200316 (custom)
Affected: 0 , ≤ WR941ND v6 3.16.9 Build 151203 (custom)
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