CVE-2021-42232 (GCVE-0-2021-42232)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-23 00:41 – Updated: 2026-07-09 00:15
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Summary
TP-Link Archer A7 Archer A7(US)_V5_210519 is affected by a command injection vulnerability in /usr/bin/tddp. The vulnerability is caused by the program taking part of the received data packet as part of the command. This will cause an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the router.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2358 records in the last 180 days details
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