Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in NETGEAR N300 Router by NETGEAR
CVE-2019-5054

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Netgear
Status
N300 Wnr2000v5
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 September 2019

Summary

A vulnerability in the session handling functionality of the NETGEAR N300 (WNR2000v5) HTTP server can lead to denial of service. An attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted HTTP request with an empty User-Agent string to an authentication-required page, causing a null pointer dereference that crashes the HTTP service. As a result, unauthorized users can disrupt the service, impacting device availability.

Affected Version(s)

N300 WNR2000v5 Firmware Version V1.0.0.70

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS...
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EPSS Score

11% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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