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CVE-2020-35796

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-35796 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting numerous NETGEAR devices, including various routers, extenders, and modems. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw remotely, leading to complete compromise of the affected device. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.5.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:cbr40_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.60CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6220_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.94CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.62CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d7000v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.3.50CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d8500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0150 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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 / 000062717/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Buffer-Overflow-on-Some-Routers-Range-Extenders-and-WiFi-Systems-PSV-2020-0201
Vendor Advisory