CVE-2024-54887
Buffer Overflow: is CVE-2024-54887real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.
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High CVSS base score, but low real-world exploitation probability (EPSS). Likely less urgent than the score implies.
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Low signal — verdict needed
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Based on CVSS · FIRST EPSS
Confirm or dispute →CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
TP-Link TL-WR940N V3 and V4 with firmware 3.16.9 and earlier contain a buffer overflow via the dnsserver1 and dnsserver2 parameters at /userRpm/Wan6to4TunnelCfgRpm.htm. This vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote device in the context of the root user.
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