Detections
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CVE-2018-15840

high

Description

TP-Link TL-WR840N devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (networking outage) via fragmented packets, as demonstrated by an "nmap -f" command.

References

https://hackingvila.wordpress.com/2019/02/17/tp-link-wireless-n-router-wr840n-buffer-overflow-cve-2018-15840/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-03-29

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0065