Access 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.

Metrics

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00018.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://blog.exodusintel.com/2022/06/23/tp-link-wr940n-wr941nd-uninitialized-pointer-vulnerability/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tl-wr940n/v5/#Firmware cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tl-wr941nd/#Firmware cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4848/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Tp-link
Tp-link tl-wr940n
Tp-link tl-wr941nd
Tp-link wr940n
Tp-link wr941nd
Vendors & Products Tp-link
Tp-link tl-wr940n
Tp-link tl-wr941nd
Tp-link wr940n
Tp-link wr941nd

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Access 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.
Title Uninitialized Pointer Vulnerability in TP-Link WR940N and WR941ND
Weaknesses CWE-824
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: TPLink

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-19T04:55:46.035Z

Reserved: 2025-12-15T18:35:29.224Z

Link: CVE-2025-14739

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-18T18:44:34.824Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-18T19:16:21.680

Modified: 2025-12-19T18:00:18.330

Link: CVE-2025-14739

cve-icon Redhat

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Updated: 2025-12-19T09:15:53Z

Weaknesses