Denial of service in NETGEAR Routers

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU94106

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/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-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A local administrator can trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

RAXE450: before 1.0.12.96

RAXE500: before 1.0.12.96

RAX50: before 1.0.16.132

RAX50S: before 1.0.16.132

RAX41: before 1.0.16.132

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:netgear:raxe450:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:netgear:raxe500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:netgear:rax50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:netgear:rax50s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:netgear:rax41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://kb.netgear.com/000066257/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2022-0171

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

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.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.