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NVD CRITICAL: CVE-2026-19959 — A weakness has been identified in Edimax EW-7478APC 1.04. This affects the funct...

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Executive Summary

A weakness has been identified in Edimax EW-7478APC 1.04. This affects the function formWanTcpipSetup of the file /goform/formWanTcpipSetup. This manipulation of the argument pppUserName causes stack-based buffer overflow. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclos

Analysis

A weakness has been identified in Edimax EW-7478APC 1.04. This affects the function formWanTcpipSetup of the file /goform/formWanTcpipSetup. This manipulation of the argument pppUserName causes stack-based buffer overflow. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. CVSS Score: 9.9. Published: 2026-08-16T23:16:24.710.

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CVE (1)
CVE-2026-19959
NVDMITRE CVE
Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Aug 16, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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