CVE-2021-35004: TP-Link TL-WA1201 DNS Response Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

First published: Fri Jan 21 2022(Updated: )

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link TL-WA1201 1.0.1 Build 20200709 rel.66244(5553) wireless access points. 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 root. Was ZDI-CAN-14656.

Credit: zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com

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