Denial of service in NETGEAR Routers
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | N/A |
| CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
| Exploitation vector | Local network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
R7900 Hardware solutions / Routers for home users R6400 Hardware solutions / Routers for home users R8000 Hardware solutions / Routers for home users |
| Vendor | NETGEAR |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Input validation error
EUVDB-ID: #VU70093
Risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 2.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker on the local network can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsR7900: before 1.0.4.46
R6400: before 1.0.1.70
R8000: before 1.0.4.74
CPE2.3- cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r7900:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6400:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r8000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
