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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2020-28877 json

Buffer overflow in in the copy_msg_element function for the devDiscoverHandle server in the TP-Link WR and WDR series, including WDR7400, W…

published 2020-11-20 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-21268

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in in the copy_msg_element function for the devDiscoverHandle server in the TP-Link WR and WDR series, including WDR7400, WDR7500, WDR7660, WDR7800, WDR8400, WDR8500, WDR8600, WDR8620, WDR8640, WDR8660, WR880N, WR886N, WR890N, WR890N, WR882N, and WR708N.

Exploit prediction

1.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.