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Buffer Overflow in Netgear R8000 Router with firmware v1...

Critical severity Unreviewed Published Sep 9, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Buffer Overflow in Netgear R8000 Router with firmware v1.0.4.56 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service by sending a crafted POST to '/bd_genie_create_account.cgi' with a sufficiently long parameter 'register_country'.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 8, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 9, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-34236

GHSA ID

GHSA-vfq9-7wg3-4mjx

Source code

No known source code

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