Check Point Advisories

TP-Link TL-WR940N Buffer Overflow (CVE-2024-54887)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-1520
Date Published:	30 Mar 2025
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 30 March, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2024-54887
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	TL-WR940N V3 with firmware 3.16.9 and prior TL-WR940N V4 with firmware 3.16.9 and prior
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in TP-Link TL-WR940N. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or cause application crashes.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the TP-Link TL-WR940N Buffer Overflow (CVE-2024-54887) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: TP-Link TL-WR940N Buffer Overflow (CVE-2024-54887)