CVE-2022-4498 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In TP-Link routers, Archer C5 and WR710N-V1, running the latest available code, when receiving HTTP Basic Authentication the httpd service can be sent a crafted packet that causes a heap overflow. This can result in either a DoS (by crashing the httpd process) or an arbitrary code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00223.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Tp-link	Archer C5 Archer C5 Firmware Tl-wr710n Tl-wr710n Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:archer_c5:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

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cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr710n:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51839	In TP-Link routers, Archer C5 and WR710N-V1, running the latest available code, when receiving HTTP Basic Authentication the httpd service can be sent a crafted packet that causes a heap overflow. This can result in either a DoS (by crashing the httpd process) or an arbitrary code execution.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/572615

History

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2023-01-11T20:38:37.312Z

Updated: 2025-04-09T14:15:15.560Z

Reserved: 2022-12-14T17:59:41.586Z

Link: CVE-2022-4498

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:44.949Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-11T21:15:10.213

Modified: 2025-04-09T15:15:55.230

Link: CVE-2022-4498

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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