CVE-2023-38926: netgear ex6200_firmware Classic Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-38926 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in netgear ex6200_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 07-08-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 11-10-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Netgear EX6200 v1.0.3.94 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the wla_temp_ssid parameter at acosNvramConfig_set.

• 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.