CVE-2020-15636

State
Published
Severity
8.1 High
Published
Aug 19, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Jul 7, 2020

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Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6400, R6700, R7000, R7850, R7900, R8000, RS400, and XR300 routers with firmware 1.0.4.84_10.0.58. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the check_ra service. A crafted raePolicyVersion in a RAE_Policy.json file can trigger an overflow of a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-9852.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.08.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hzdi

Weaknesses

  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Multiple RoutersNETGEAR
  • 1.0.4.84_10.0.58Affected

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