CVE-2009-0680 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Netgear SSL312 web interface, specifically within the cgi-bin/welcome/VPN_only component. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted query string, including directory traversal sequences, to crash the device. This vulnerability has a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical impact (device crash) with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:ssl312:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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