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TI-2025-38672 Aliases CVE-2025-62405GHSA-jm8f-9g3r-g5w9

Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in TP-Link Archer AX53

Priority LOW 35CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in TP-Link Archer AX53 v1.0 (tmpserver modules) allows authenticated adjacent attackers to cause a segmentation fault or potentially execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted network packet containing a field whose length exceeds the maximum expected value.This issue affects Archer AX53 v1.0: through 1.3.1 Build 20241120.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00501 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
TP-LinkArcher AX53 v1.0up to 1.3.1 Build 20241120—No fix listedCNA
  • Archer AX53 v1.0 VendorTP-Link Affected up to 1.3.1 Build 20241120 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_ax53_firmware:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerableTP-Link
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:archer_ax53:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onTP-Link
  • cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_ax53_firmware:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·TP-Link
  • cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:archer_ax53:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·TP-Link

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    TP-Link Systems Archer AX53 v1.0 — tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4943

    10 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 9 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-38874 Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Archer AX53 and AX12Priority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2025-38671 Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in TP-Link Archer AX53Priority LOW 35
    • TI-2025-38313 Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in TP-Link Archer AX53Priority LOW 35
    Show all 10 records → Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-62405
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jm8f-9g3r-g5w9

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

  • TI-2026-00615 Logic Vulnerability on TP-Link Archer C20, Archer AX53 and TL-WR841N v13 CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2026-23644 OS Command Injection Vulnerability in OpenVPN Module in TP-Link AX53 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2026-23647 OS Command Injection Vulnerability in dnsmasq Module in TP-Link AX53 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2025-38874 Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Archer AX53 and AX12 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2025-14235 Authenticated Command Injection in mcsd Service of TP-Link Archer AX53 CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.3
  • TI-2025-14236 Buffer Overflow in Network Probe Handling Function of TP-Link Archer AX53 + Archer AX55 CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
See all 17 →

Sources

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