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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.