Denial of service in NETGEAR Routers
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | N/A |
| CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
| Exploitation vector | Local |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
R8000 Hardware solutions / Routers for home users RAX50 Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc RAX41 Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc RAX42 Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc |
| Vendor | NETGEAR |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU94109
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
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsR8000: before 1.0.4.84
RAX50: before 1.0.16.132
RAX41: before 1.0.16.132
RAX42: before 1.0.16.132
CPE2.3- cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r8000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:netgear:rax50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:netgear:rax41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:netgear:rax42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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.
