# CVE-2025-14739: Uninitialized Pointer Vulnerability in TP-Link WR940N and WR941ND

> Local unauthenticated attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code as root via an uninitialized pointer in TP-Link routers.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-92qg-hfhr-ppvq

## What is CVE-2025-14739?

CVE-2025-14739 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TP-Link Systems Inc. WR940N and WR941ND, published on 18 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in TP-Link WR940N and WR941ND allows local unauthenticated attackers the ability to execute DoS attack 

and potentially arbitrary code execution

under the context of the ‘root’ user.This issue affects WR940N and WR941ND: ≤ WR940N v5 3.20.1 Build 200316, 

≤

 WR941ND v6 3.16.9 Build 151203.

Weakness: CWE-824 (Access of Uninitialized Pointer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14739?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-14739?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14739 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14739 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14739 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14739 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14739 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TP-Link Systems Inc. WR940N and WR941ND, published on 18 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14739 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TP-Link Systems Inc. WR940N and WR941ND. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14739/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14739/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14739
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14739
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14739

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14739/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.