cve/2019/CVE-2019-6989.md

### [CVE-2019-6989](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6989)
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### Description

TP-Link TL-WR940N is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the ipAddrDispose function. By sending specially crafted ICMP echo request packets, a remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152458/TP-LINK-TL-WR940N-TL-WR941ND-Buffer-Overflow.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46678/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.