CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2021-26827 — Tp-Link Tl-Wr2041+ Firmware security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.8

Buffer Overflow in TP-Link WR2041 v1 firmware for the TL-WR2041+ router allows remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) by sending an HTTP request with a very long "ssid" parameter to the "/userRpm/popupSiteSurveyRpm.html" webpage, which crashes the router.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (2.0)
Published
2021-04-14
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-120

Affected products

  • tp-link / tl-wr2041+_firmware

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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