CVE-2019-20762: netgear d8500_firmware Classic Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-20762 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in netgear d8500_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 16-04-2020
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects D8500 before 1.0.3.43, R8500 before 1.0.2.128, R8300 before 1.0.2.128, R8000 before 1.0.4.28, R7300DST before 1.0.0.68, R7100LG before 1.0.0.48, R6900P before 1.3.1.44, R7900P before 1.4.1.30, R8000P before 1.4.1.30, R7000P before 1.3.1.44, R7000 before 1.0.9.34, R6900 before 1.0.2.4, R6700 before 1.0.2.6, and R6400 before 1.0.1.44.

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.