CVE-2019-20699 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting several NETGEAR ProSAFE Plus and Smart Managed Plus switches, including specific versions of the GS105Ev2, GS105PE, GS408EPP, GS808E, GS908E, GSS108E, and GSS108EPP series. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, indicating no known active exploitation. Furthermore, community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.6.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs105e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.6.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs105pe_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs408epp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.7.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs808e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs908e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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.