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Vulnerability · Published Dec 4, 2024 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2024-12147Netgear R6900 HTTP Header upgrade_check.cgi buffer overflow

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity buffer overflow in R6900 from Netgear. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in Netgear R6900 1.0.1.26_1.0.20. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file upgrade_check.cgi of the component HTTP Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument Content-Length leads to buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Netgear R6900 1.0.1.26_1.0.20

Weakness: CWE-120, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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