Uninitialized Pointer Vulnerability in TP-Link WR940N and WR941ND

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-14739
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerTPLink
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-12-18 19:16:21 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:00:01 UTC
DescriptionAccess of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in TP-Link WR940N and WR941ND allows local unauthenticated attackers the ability to execute DoS attack and potentially arbitrary code execution under the context of the ‘root’ user.This issue affects WR940N and WR941ND: ≤ WR940N v5 3.20.1 Build 200316, ≤ WR941ND v6 3.16.9 Build 151203.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 6.8 MEDIUM from f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Problem Types: CWE-824 | CWE-824 CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630Secondary6.8MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/C...
4.0CNACVSS6.8MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA TP-Link Systems Inc. WR940N And WR941ND affected WR940N v5 3.20.1 Build 200316 custom Not specified
CNA TP-Link Systems Inc. WR940N And WR941ND affected WR941ND v6 3.16.9 Build 151203 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4848 f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630 www.tp-link.com
blog.exodusintel.com/2022/06/23/tp-link-wr940n-wr941nd-uninitialized-pointer-vulne... f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630 blog.exodusintel.com
www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tl-wr940n/v5 f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630 www.tp-link.com
www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tl-wr941nd f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630 www.tp-link.com
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