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CVE-2020-35795

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-35795 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in numerous NETGEAR devices, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, affected organizations should prioritize patching to mitigate this severe threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2.0.72CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ac2100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.2.0.72CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ac2400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.2.0.72CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ac2600_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.5.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:cbk40_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.5.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:cbr40_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kb.netgear.com / 000062735/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-Range-Extenders-and-Orbi-WiFi-Systems-PSV-2020-0154
Vendor Advisory