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CVE-2020-10881

CRITICAL

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link Archer A7 Firmware Ver: 190726 AC1750 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of DNS responses. A crafted DNS message can trigger an overflow of a fixed-length, stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the root user. Was ZDI-CAN-9660.

Published: Mar 25, 2020 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-121 CWE-787

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

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

Affected Products (1)

Vendor Product Version
tp-link ac1750_firmware 190726

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-8w5p-3q5j-2w9h

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of...

References (2)

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 10.89%

Top 4% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 42.5 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub