CVE-2018-17017

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Published Sep 13, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR886N 6.0 2.3.4 and TL-WR886N 7.0 1.1.0 devices. Authenticated attackers can crash router services (e.g., inetd, HTTP, DNS, and UPnP) via long JSON data for dhcpd udhcpd enable.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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OR	cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr886n_firmware:6.0_2.3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr886n_firmware:7.0_1.1.0:::::::*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr886n:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-8801	An issue was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR886N 6.0 2.3.4 and TL-WR886N 7.0 1.1.0 devices. Authenticated attackers can crash router services (e.g., inetd, HTTP, DNS, and UPnP) via long JSON data for dhcpd udhcpd enable.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.0% (1.040% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/PAGalaxyLab/VulInfo/blob/master/TP-Link/WR886N/inetd_task_dos_13/README.md

History

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Subscriptions

Tp-link Tl-wr886n Tl-wr886n Firmware

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:46 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 13, 2018, 6:00 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:46 AM
Reserved: Sep 13, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 13, 2018, 6:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM

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