CVE-2022-4498

9.8 criticalEPSS 1.9%

Critical (9.8) in tp-link. EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

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

EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2023-01-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

tp-link:archer_c5_firmware
tp-link:tl-wr710n_firmware

References

https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/572615
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/572615
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/572615

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