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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2019-20762

Medium
6.8/10

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an authenticated user. This affects D8500 before 1.0.3.43, R8500 before 1.0.2.128, R8300 before 1.0.2.128, R8000 before 1.0.4.28, R7300DST before 1.0.0.68, R7100LG before 1.0.0.48, R6900P before 1.3.1.44, R7900P before 1.4.1.30, R8000P before 1.4.1.30, R7000P before 1.3.1.44, R7000 before 1.0.9.34, R6900 before 1.0.2.4, R6700 before 1.0.2.6, and R6400 before 1.0.1.44.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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  • Published