ID
VAR-202308-3520
CVE
CVE-2023-41184
TITLE
TP-LINK Technologies of Tapo C210 Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in firmware
Trust: 0.8
DESCRIPTION
TP-Link Tapo C210 ActiveCells Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link Tapo C210 IP cameras. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the ActiveCells parameter of the CreateRules and ModifyRules APIs. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-20589. TP-LINK Technologies of Tapo C210 An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in firmware.Information is obtained, information is tampered with, and service operation is interrupted. (DoS) It may be in a state. TP-LINK Tapo C210 is a network camera device from China's TP-LINK company
Trust: 2.79
IOT TAXONOMY
| category: | ['Network device'] | sub_category: | - | Trust: 0.6 |
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
| vendor: | tp link | model: | tapo c210 | scope: | - | version: | - | Trust: 2.1 |
| vendor: | tp link | model: | tapo c210 | scope: | eq | version: | 1.3.0 | Trust: 1.0 |
| vendor: | tp link | model: | tapo c210 | scope: | eq | version: | - | Trust: 0.8 |
| vendor: | tp link | model: | tapo c210 | scope: | eq | version: | tapo c210 firmware 1.3.0 | Trust: 0.8 |
CVSS
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PROBLEMTYPE DATA
| problemtype: | CWE-787 | Trust: 1.0 |
| problemtype: | CWE-121 | Trust: 1.0 |
| problemtype: | Stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121) [ others ] | Trust: 0.8 |
| problemtype: | Out-of-bounds writing (CWE-787) [NVD evaluation ] | Trust: 0.8 |
PATCH
| title: | Fixed in firmware: 1.3.6 Build 230426 Rel.48373n #Firmware-Release-Notes | url: | https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c210/ | Trust: 0.7 |
| title: | Patch for TP-LINK Tapo C210 Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | url: | https://www.cnvd.org.cn/patchInfo/show/574186 | Trust: 0.6 |
EXTERNAL IDS
| db: | NVD | id: | CVE-2023-41184 | Trust: 3.9 |
| db: | ZDI | id: | ZDI-23-1287 | Trust: 2.5 |
| db: | JVNDB | id: | JVNDB-2023-029611 | Trust: 0.8 |
| db: | ZDI_CAN | id: | ZDI-CAN-20589 | Trust: 0.7 |
| db: | CNVD | id: | CNVD-2024-33678 | Trust: 0.6 |
REFERENCES
| url: | https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/zdi-23-1287/ | Trust: 1.8 |
| url: | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2023-41184 | Trust: 0.8 |
| url: | https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c210/ | Trust: 0.7 |
| url: | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=cve-2023-41184 | Trust: 0.6 |
CREDITS
Cyrille Chatras
Trust: 0.7
SOURCES
| db: | ZDI | id: | ZDI-23-1287 |
| db: | CNVD | id: | CNVD-2024-33678 |
| db: | JVNDB | id: | JVNDB-2023-029611 |
| db: | NVD | id: | CVE-2023-41184 |
LAST UPDATE DATE
2025-08-15T23:20:32.977000+00:00
SOURCES UPDATE DATE
| db: | ZDI | id: | ZDI-23-1287 | date: | 2023-08-31T00:00:00 |
| db: | CNVD | id: | CNVD-2024-33678 | date: | 2024-07-26T00:00:00 |
| db: | JVNDB | id: | JVNDB-2023-029611 | date: | 2025-08-13T06:00:00 |
| db: | NVD | id: | CVE-2023-41184 | date: | 2025-08-12T19:55:56.880 |
SOURCES RELEASE DATE
| db: | ZDI | id: | ZDI-23-1287 | date: | 2023-08-31T00:00:00 |
| db: | CNVD | id: | CNVD-2024-33678 | date: | 2024-07-25T00:00:00 |
| db: | JVNDB | id: | JVNDB-2023-029611 | date: | 2025-08-13T00:00:00 |
| db: | NVD | id: | CVE-2023-41184 | date: | 2024-05-03T03:15:28.073 |