CVE-2026-34120

Medium

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was identified in TP-Link Tapo C520WS v2.6 within the asynchronous parsing of local video stream content due to insufficient alignment and validation of buffer boundaries when processing streaming inputs.An attacker on the same network segment could trigger heap memory corruption conditions by sending crafted payloads that cause write operations beyond allocated buffer boundaries.  Successful exploitation causes a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition, causing the device’s process to crash or become unresponsive.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductTp-link Tapo C520ws Firmware
PublishedApr 2, 2026
First seenApr 2, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-122CWE-122

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tp-link tapo_c520ws_firmwarev < 1.2.41.2.4

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