CVE-2024-42815

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 54.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-08-19 00:00Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-10-24 19:43Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2024-08-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c91ac2dd357e1605fbb60d513eaf76cb6bedc886b803701adc1f5fa4f02d42b8

• gist.github.comhttps://gist.github.com/XiaoCurry/14d46e0becd79d9bb9907f2fbe147cfe
• securityonline.infohttps://securityonline.info/cve-2024-42815-cvss-9-8-buffer-overflow-flaw-in-tp-link-routers-opens-door-to-rce/