CVE-2025-61983

high

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in TP-Link Archer AX53 v1.0 (tmpserver modules) allows authenticated adjacent attackers to cause a segmentation fault or potentially execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted network packet containing an excessive number of fields with zero‑length values.This issue affects Archer AX53 v1.0: through 1.3.1 Build 20241120.

References

https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4943/

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/

https://blog.talosintelligence.com/tp-link-canva-hikvision-vulnerabilities/

https://www.tp-link.com/my/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/#Firmware

https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/#Firmware

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2286

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-03

Updated: 2026-03-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.7

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00005