CVE-2019-5055 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Host Access Point Daemon (hostapd) on the NETGEAR N300 (WNR2000v5) wireless router. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a null pointer dereference by sending a specially crafted SOAP request, causing the hostapd service to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2000_firmware:1.0.0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.